Looking for a better way to sort my List

Question

I\'m reviewing a piece of code I wrote not too long ago, and I just hate the way I handled the sorting - I\'m wondering if anyone might be able to show me a better way.

Answer 1

Have you looked into Dynamic LINQ

Specifically, you could simply do something like:

var column = PortFolioSheetMapping.MarketId.ToString();
if (frm.SelectedSortColumn.IsBaseColumn)
{
    if (frm.SortAscending)
         pf.Holdings = pf.Holdings.OrderBy(column).ToList();
    else
         pf.Holdings = pf.Holdings.OrderByDescending(column).ToList();
}

Note: This does have the constraint that your enum match your column names, if that suits you.

EDIT

Missed the Product property the first time. In these cases, DynamicLINQ is going to need to see, for example, "Product.ProductId". You could reflect the property name or simply use a 'well-known' value and concat with the enum .ToString(). At this point, I'm just really forcing my answer to your question so that it at least is a working solution.