If I pass XField parameters with a "null" value, it throws "ArgumentNullException: Value cannot be null. (Parameter 'name')" because it thinks the value is set, but apparently it does check if it's "null" before trying to "GetProperty".

Example, if any of these XField properties are null, it will throw the Exception

<TelerikTreeList Data="@Data"
                 IdField="@IdField"
                 ParentIdField="@ParentIdField"
                 HasChildrenField="@HasChildrenField"
                 ItemsField="@ItemsField">...</TelerikTreeList>

There should be a null check to ignore the use of that property in case it's null, otherwise, my code will need to be something like

@if (HasChildrenField != null && ItemsField != null)
{
    <TelerikTreeList Data="@Data"
                     IdField="@IdField"
                     ParentIdField="@ParentIdField"
                     HasChildrenField="@HasChildrenField"
                     ItemsField="@ItemsField">...</TelerikTreeList>
}
else if (HasChildrenField != null)
{
    <TelerikTreeList Data="@Data"
                     IdField="@IdField"
                     ParentIdField="@ParentIdField"
                     HasChildrenField="@HasChildrenField">...</TelerikTreeList>
}
else if (ItemsField != null)
{
    <TelerikTreeList Data="@Data"
                     IdField="@IdField"
                     ParentIdField="@ParentIdField"
                     ItemsField="@ItemsField">...</TelerikTreeList>
}

else

{

    <TelerikTreeList Data="@Data"
                     IdField="@IdField"
                     ParentIdField="@ParentIdField">...</TelerikTreeList>

}

Which isn't good.

At least "HasChildrenField" and "ItemsField" should have that check because it isn't a required parameter to have property for the TelerikTreeList  to work.

Error Stack

ArgumentNullException: Value cannot be null. (Parameter 'name')

• System.Type.GetProperty(string name, BindingFlags bindingAttr)

• System.Type.GetProperty(string name)

• Telerik.Blazor.Extensions.ReflectionExtensions.GetPropertyValue(object target, string propertyName)

• Telerik.Blazor.Data.TelerikTreeListDataSource<TItem>.CreateTreeListItem(TItem item, IEnumerable<TreeListItem<TItem>> childItems)

• Telerik.Blazor.Data.TelerikTreeListDataSource<TItem>.GetItems(IEnumerable<TItem> data)

• Telerik.Blazor.Data.TelerikTreeListDataSource<TItem>.BuildTree(IEnumerable<TItem> sourceData)

• Telerik.Blazor.Data.TelerikTreeListDataSource<TItem>.InitData(IEnumerable<TItem> sourceData)

• Telerik.Blazor.Data.TelerikTreeListDataSource<TItem>.ProcessData(IEnumerable data)

• Telerik.Blazor.Components.Common.DataBoundComponent<TItem>.ProcessDataInternal()

• Telerik.Blazor.Components.Common.DataBoundComponent<TItem>.OnParametersSetAsync()

• Telerik.Blazor.Components.TelerikTreeList<TItem>.<>n__0()

• Telerik.Blazor.Components.TelerikTreeList<TItem>.OnParametersSetAsync()

• Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.ComponentBase.CallStateHasChangedOnAsyncCompletion(Task task)

• Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.ComponentBase.RunInitAndSetParametersAsync()

• Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.Rendering.HtmlRenderer.HandleException(Exception exception)

• Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.RenderTree.Renderer.AddToPendingTasks(Task task)

• Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.Rendering.ComponentState.SetDirectParameters(ParameterView parameters)

• Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.RenderTree.RenderTreeDiffBuilder.InitializeNewComponentFrame(ref DiffContext diffContext, int frameIndex)

• Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.RenderTree.RenderTreeDiffBuilder.InitializeNewSubtree(ref DiffContext diffContext, int frameIndex)

• Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.RenderTree.RenderTreeDiffBuilder.InsertNewFrame(ref DiffContext diffContext, int newFrameIndex)

• Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.RenderTree.RenderTreeDiffBuilder.AppendDiffEntriesForRange(ref DiffContext diffContext, int oldStartIndex, int oldEndIndexExcl, int newStartIndex, int newEndIndexExcl)

• Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.RenderTree.RenderTreeDiffBuilder.ComputeDiff(Renderer renderer, RenderBatchBuilder batchBuilder, int componentId, ArrayRange<RenderTreeFrame> oldTree, ArrayRange<RenderTreeFrame> newTree)

• Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.Rendering.ComponentState.RenderIntoBatch(RenderBatchBuilder batchBuilder, RenderFragment renderFragment)

• Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.RenderTree.Renderer.RenderInExistingBatch(RenderQueueEntry renderQueueEntry)

• Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.RenderTree.Renderer.ProcessRenderQueue()

• Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.Rendering.HtmlRenderer.HandleException(Exception exception)

• Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.RenderTree.Renderer.ProcessRenderQueue()

• Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.RenderTree.Renderer.ProcessPendingRender()

• Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.RenderTree.Renderer.AddToRenderQueue(int componentId, RenderFragment renderFragment)

• Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.ComponentBase.StateHasChanged()

• Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.ComponentBase.CallOnParametersSetAsync()

• Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.ComponentBase.RunInitAndSetParametersAsync()

• Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.Rendering.HtmlRenderer.HandleException(Exception exception)

• Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.RenderTree.Renderer.AddToPendingTasks(Task task)

• Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.Rendering.ComponentState.SetDirectParameters(ParameterView parameters)

• Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.RenderTree.Renderer.RenderRootComponentAsync(int componentId, ParameterView initialParameters)

• Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.Rendering.HtmlRenderer.CreateInitialRenderAsync(Type componentType, ParameterView initialParameters)

• Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.Rendering.HtmlRenderer.RenderComponentAsync(Type componentType, ParameterView initialParameters)

• Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.Rendering.RendererSynchronizationContext+<>c__11<TResult>+<<InvokeAsync>b__11_0>d.MoveNext()

• Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.StaticComponentRenderer.PrerenderComponentAsync(ParameterView parameters, HttpContext httpContext, Type componentType)

• Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.ComponentRenderer.PrerenderedServerComponentAsync(HttpContext context, ServerComponentInvocationSequence invocationId, Type type, ParameterView parametersCollection)

• Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.ComponentRenderer.RenderComponentAsync(ViewContext viewContext, Type componentType, RenderMode renderMode, object parameters)

• Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TagHelpers.ComponentTagHelper.ProcessAsync(TagHelperContext context, TagHelperOutput output)

• Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Runtime.TagHelpers.TagHelperRunner.<RunAsync>g__Awaited|0_0(Task task, TagHelperExecutionContext executionContext, int i, int count)

I would like to have an event equivalent to the OnRead for the Grid so that I could make custom data operations such as applying custom filtering to the root items. 

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ADMIN EDIT

In the meantime, loading data on demand only when a node expands can make database queries happen less often and return less data: https://docs.telerik.com/blazor-ui/components/treelist/data-binding/load-on-demand

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I use Guids to identify data in my application. It is a lot more reliable than using integers; however, it appears as if the TreeList does not support the use of Guids for the Id and ParentId fields when building the list's view.

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ADMIN EDIT

This was not a bug, it was probably a configuration issue, as the scenario works, so this is marked as "declined". See the thread below for a sample.

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