Filtering collection with LINQ

Question

Let\'s say we have a collection of Person objects

class Person 
{
     public string PersonName {get;set;}
     public string PersonAddress {get;set;}    
}
         


        

Answer 1

You can do it via reflection:

IQueryable filteredPersons = personsList.AsQueryable();
Type personType = typeof(Person);
foreach(Filter filter in userFilters) {
    filteredPersons = filteredPersons.Where(p => (string)personType.InvokeMember(filter.FieldName, BindingFlags.GetProperty, null, p, null) == filter.FilterString);
}

(not compiled, but this should be along the right track)