Generalized datatable class

app/datatables/datatable.rb

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+class Datatable
+  delegate :params, to: :@view
+
+  def initialize(view, collection, search_columns, sort_columns)
+    @view = view
+    @collection = collection
+    @search_columns = search_columns
+    @sort_columns = sort_columns
+  end
+
+  def as_json(options={})
+    {
+      sEcho: params[:sEcho].to_i,
+      iTotalRecords: @collection.count,
+      iTotalDisplayRecords: records.count,
+      aaData: options[:data]
+    }
+  end
+
+  def paginated_records
+    paginate(records)
+  end
+
+  private
+
+  def records
+    @records ||= fetch_records
+  end
+
+  def fetch_records
+    sort_direction = params[:sSortDir_0] == 'desc' ? 'desc' : 'asc'
+    sort_column = @sort_columns[params[:iSortCol_0].to_i]
+    records = @collection.order("#{sort_column} #{sort_direction}")
+    if params[:sSearch].present? && @search_columns.present?
+      search_query = ''
+      @search_columns.each { |column| search_query += "#{column} like :search or " }
+      search_query = search_query.chomp(' or ')
+      records = records.where(search_query, search: "%#{params[:sSearch]}%")
+    end
+    records
+  end
+
+  def paginate(records)
+    per_page = params[:iDisplayLength].to_i > 0 ? params[:iDisplayLength].to_i : 10
+    page = params[:iDisplayStart].to_i / per_page + 1
+    records.offset((page - 1) * per_page).limit(per_page)
+  end
+end