XPBaseCollection.Sorting Property

Gets or sets the sort settings for the current collection.

Namespace: DevExpress.Xpo

Assembly: DevExpress.Xpo.v24.2.dll

Declaration

C#

public SortingCollection Sorting { get; set; }

VB.NET

Public Property Sorting As SortingCollection

Property Value

Type	Description
SortingCollection	The SortingCollection that specifies the sort order for the collection.

Remarks

Calling the SortingCollection‘s Add, Remove and Clear methods is not allowed. To sort a collection, a new SortingCollection object must be created and assigned to the Sorting property.

C#

using DevExpress.Xpo;
using DevExpress.Xpo.DB;
// ...
xpCollectionPerson.Sorting = new SortingCollection(
    new SortProperty("Name", SortingDirection.Ascending)
);

VB.NET

Imports DevExpress.Xpo
Imports DevExpress.Xpo.DB
' ...
xpCollectionPerson.Sorting = New SortingCollection( _
    New SortProperty("Name", SortingDirection.Ascending) _
)

To learn more, see Sorting.

Note

For performance reasons, we recommend that you not use the JoinOperand in sort properties, as this significantly increases the number of queries sent to the server.

Related GitHub Examples

The following code snippets (auto-collected from DevExpress Examples) contain references to the Sorting property.

Note

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C#

xaf-how-to-display-a-collection-property-as-a-checked-list-box/CS/DXExample.Module.Win/WinCheckedListBoxPropertyEditor.cs#L28

if (checkedItems.Sorting.Count > 0) {
    dataSource.Sorting = checkedItems.Sorting;
} else if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(classInfo.DefaultProperty)) {

asp-net-mvc-grid-custom-binding-and-xpo/CS/XPCustomBindingExample/XPO/XpoBindingHandlers.cs#L32

data.Criteria = CriteriaOperator.Parse(e.FilterExpression) & GetGroupFilter(e.GroupInfoList);
data.Sorting = GetSorting(e.State.SortedColumns, e.StartDataRowIndex != 0 || e.DataRowCount != 0);
data.SkipReturnedObjects = e.StartDataRowIndex;

VB.NET

xaf-how-to-display-a-collection-property-as-a-checked-list-box/VB/DXExample.Module.Win/WinCheckedListBoxPropertyEditor.vb#L32

If checkedItems.Sorting.Count > 0 Then
    dataSource.Sorting = checkedItems.Sorting
ElseIf (Not String.IsNullOrEmpty(classInfo.DefaultProperty)) Then

asp-net-mvc-grid-custom-binding-and-xpo/VB/XPCustomBindingExample/XPO/XpoBindingHandlers.vb#L32

data.Criteria = CriteriaOperator.Parse(e.FilterExpression) And GetGroupFilter(e.GroupInfoList)
data.Sorting = GetSorting(e.State.SortedColumns, e.StartDataRowIndex <> 0 OrElse e.DataRowCount <> 0)
data.SkipReturnedObjects = e.StartDataRowIndex