ThenBySelector<TSource> Method (EntityQueryExtensions)

Adds secondary sort criteria to a query.

Syntax

Visual Basic
C#

'Declaration
 
<ExtensionAttribute()>
Public Shared Function ThenBySelector(Of TSource)( _
   ByVal source As IEntityQuery(Of TSource), _
   ByVal selector As ISortSelector _
) As IEntityQuery(Of TSource)

'Usage
 
Dim source As IEntityQuery(Of TSource)
Dim selector As ISortSelector
Dim value As IEntityQuery(Of TSource)
 
value = EntityQueryExtensions.ThenBySelector(Of TSource)(source, selector)

[Extension()]
public static IEntityQuery<TSource> ThenBySelector<TSource>( 
   IEntityQuery<TSource> source,
   ISortSelector selector
)

Parameters

source
selector

Type Parameters

TSource

Return Value

A query containing the sort criteria

Remarks

Use this method along with the OrderBySelector(ITypedEntityQuery,ISortSelector) to add dynamically-created sort criteria to a query.

Example

public void ThenBySample1() {
  var mgr = new DomainModelEntityManager();
  var selector1 = new SortSelector(typeof(Customer), "Country");
  var selector2 = new SortSelector(typeof(Customer), "CompanyName");
  var results = mgr.Customers.OrderBySelector(selector1).ThenBySelector(selector2).ToList();
}

Requirements

Target Platforms: Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

Reference

EntityQueryExtensions Class
EntityQueryExtensions Members