I have a function that returns an IList< T > and is the DataSource for a DataGridView. I learned that DataGridView won\'t sort IList. I read This stackoverflow Q&A
Try this SortableBindingList:
public class SortableBindingList<T> : BindingList<T>
{
private bool isSortedValue;
ListSortDirection sortDirectionValue;
PropertyDescriptor sortPropertyValue;
public SortableBindingList()
{
}
public SortableBindingList(IList<T> list)
{
foreach (object o in list)
{
this.Add((T)o);
}
}
protected override void ApplySortCore(PropertyDescriptor prop,
ListSortDirection direction)
{
Type interfaceType = prop.PropertyType.GetInterface("IComparable");
if (interfaceType == null && prop.PropertyType.IsValueType)
{
Type underlyingType = Nullable.GetUnderlyingType(prop.PropertyType);
if (underlyingType != null)
{
interfaceType = underlyingType.GetInterface("IComparable");
}
}
if (interfaceType != null)
{
sortPropertyValue = prop;
sortDirectionValue = direction;
IEnumerable<T> query = base.Items;
if (direction == ListSortDirection.Ascending)
{
query = query.OrderBy(i => prop.GetValue(i));
}
else
{
query = query.OrderByDescending(i => prop.GetValue(i));
}
int newIndex = 0;
foreach (object item in query)
{
this.Items[newIndex] = (T)item;
newIndex++;
}
isSortedValue = true;
this.OnListChanged(new ListChangedEventArgs(ListChangedType.Reset, -1));
}
else
{
throw new NotSupportedException("Cannot sort by " + prop.Name +
". This" + prop.PropertyType.ToString() +
" does not implement IComparable");
}
}
protected override PropertyDescriptor SortPropertyCore
{
get { return sortPropertyValue; }
}
protected override ListSortDirection SortDirectionCore
{
get { return sortDirectionValue; }
}
protected override bool SupportsSortingCore
{
get { return true; }
}
protected override bool IsSortedCore
{
get { return isSortedValue; }
}
}