Instead of calling:
var shows = _repository.ListShows("PublishDate");
to return a collection of objects sorted by the publish date, I would like to use a syntax like this:
var shows = _repository.ListShows(s => s.PublishDate);
What do I need to write to take advantage of the lambda as an argument?
public IEnumerable<Show> ListShows(Func<Show, string> stringFromShow)
{
}
Within that method, use
string str = stringFromShow(show);
var shows = _repository.OrderBy(s=>s.PublishDate);
Your ListShows method in your repository should look like this:
public static IEnumerable<Show> ListShows(Comparison<Show> comparison)
{
List<Show> shows = new List<Show>();
... code here ...
shows.Sort(comparison);
return shows;
}
Then you can use a lambda to do the following (it's not as simple as your example, but it works):
ListShows((first, second) => first.PublishDate.CompareTo(second.PublishDate));
