Merge pull request #47 from PandaTechAM/development

Added support for escaping special characters

Author: YelenaBadeyan

src/GridifyExtensions/GridifyExtensions.csproj

@@ -8,13 +8,13 @@
         <PackageReadmeFile>Readme.md</PackageReadmeFile>
         <Authors>Pandatech</Authors>
         <Copyright>MIT</Copyright>
-        <Version>2.0.9</Version>
+        <Version>2.0.10</Version>
         <PackageId>Pandatech.GridifyExtensions</PackageId>
         <Title>Pandatech.Gridify.Extensions</Title>
         <PackageTags>Pandatech, library, Gridify, Pagination, Filters</PackageTags>
         <Description>Pandatech.Gridify.Extensions simplifies and extends the functionality of the Gridify NuGet package. It provides additional extension methods and functionality to streamline data filtering and pagination, making it more intuitive and powerful to use in .NET applications. Our enhancements ensure more flexibility, reduce boilerplate code, and improve overall developer productivity when working with Gridify.</Description>
         <RepositoryUrl>https://github.com/PandaTechAM/be-lib-gridify-extensions</RepositoryUrl>
-        <PackageReleaseNotes>Nuget updates</PackageReleaseNotes>
+        <PackageReleaseNotes>Added support for escaping special characters</PackageReleaseNotes>
     </PropertyGroup>
 
     <ItemGroup>

src/GridifyExtensions/Helpers/GridifyEscapeHelper.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+using GridifyExtensions.Models;
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+
+namespace GridifyExtensions.Helpers;
+internal static class GridifyEscapeHelper
+{
+
+   public static string? ReplaceSpecialChars(string? filter)
+   {
+      if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(filter))
+      {
+         return filter;
+      }
+
+      var esc = Regex.Replace(filter, @"(?<!\\)([(),|$]|/i)", @"\$1");
+
+      return esc;
+   }
+}

src/GridifyExtensions/Models/GridifyQueryModel.cs

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 using Gridify;
 using GridifyExtensions.Exceptions;
+using GridifyExtensions.Helpers;
 
 namespace GridifyExtensions.Models;
 
@@ -50,7 +51,7 @@ public GridifyQueryModel() : this(true)
    public new string? Filter
    {
       get => base.Filter;
-      set => base.Filter = value;
+      set => base.Filter = GridifyEscapeHelper.ReplaceSpecialChars(value);
    }
 
    public void SetMaxPageSize()