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public static class Extensions
{

	/// <summary>
	/// Converts an object to a client side Json Object
	/// </summary>
	/// <param name="obj"></param>
	/// <returns></returns>
	public static string ToJson(this object obj)
	{
		JavaScriptSerializer ser = new JavaScriptSerializer();
		return ser.Serialize(obj);
	}

	/// <summary>
	/// Converts an object to a client side Json Object - allows for recursion specifications
	/// </summary>
	/// <param name="obj"></param>
	/// <param name="recursionDepth"></param>
	/// <returns></returns>
	public static string ToJson(this object obj, int recursionDepth)
	{
		JavaScriptSerializer ser = new JavaScriptSerializer();
		ser.RecursionLimit = recursionDepth;
		return ser.Serialize(obj);
	}

	public static string ToJson(this List<object> obj)
	{
		return new
		{
			totalCount = obj.Count,
			rows = obj
		}.ToJson();
	}


	/// <summary>
	/// DataTable to HTML - apply styles please .styledTable .styledTable td, .styledTableHeader .styledTableRow, .styledTableAltRow
	/// </summary>
	/// <param name="table"></param>
	/// <returns></returns>
	public static string ToHtmlTable(this DataTable table)
	{
		StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();

		sb.AppendLine("<table class=\"styledTable\" cellspacing=\"0\">");
		sb.AppendLine("<tr>");

		for (int i = 0; i <= table.Columns.Count - 1; i++)
		{
			sb.AppendLine("<td class=\"styledTableHeader\">" + table.Columns[i].ColumnName + "</td>");
		}
		sb.AppendLine("</tr>");

		for (int i = 0; i <= table.Rows.Count - 1; i++)
		{
			sb.AppendLine("<tr>");

			for (int j = 0; j <= table.Columns.Count - 1; j++)
			{
				if (i % 2 == 0)
					sb.AppendLine("<td class=\"styledTableRow\">" + table.Rows[i][j].ToString() + "</td>");
				else
					sb.AppendLine("<td class=\"styledTableAltRow\">" + table.Rows[i][j].ToString() + "</td>");
			}

			sb.AppendLine("</tr>");
		}

		sb.AppendLine("<table>");
		return sb.ToString();
	}

}