Xceed Toolkit Plus for WPF v4.6 Documentation
Providing a custom sort comparer

The following example demonstrates how to provide a custom sort comparer that sorts addresses. The AddressComparer class (provided below) will first sort addresses which begin with numeric values by street name and then civic number. Address that do not have a civic number will be sorted alphabetically.

XAML
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<Grid xmlns:xcdg="http://schemas.xceed.com/wpf/xaml/datagrid"
      xmlns:local="clr-namespace:Xceed.Wpf.Documentation">
   <Grid.Resources>
      <local:AddressComparer x:Key="addressComparer"/>
      <xcdg:DataGridCollectionViewSource x:Key="cvs_orders"
                                         Source="{Binding Source={x:Static Application.Current},
                                                          Path=Orders}"
                                         AutoCreateItemProperties="False">
         <xcdg:DataGridCollectionViewSource.ItemProperties>
            <xcdg:DataGridItemProperty Name="ShipCountry" />
            <xcdg:DataGridItemProperty Name="ShipCity" />
            <xcdg:DataGridItemProperty Name="ShipAddress"
                                       SortComparer="{StaticResource addressComparer}"/>
            <xcdg:DataGridItemProperty Name="ShipVia" />
         </xcdg:DataGridCollectionViewSource.ItemProperties>
      </xcdg:DataGridCollectionViewSource>
   </Grid.Resources>
   <xcdg:DataGridControl x:Name="OrdersGrid"
                         ItemsSource="{Binding Source={StaticResource cvs_orders}}"/>        
</Grid>
VB.NET
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Dim collectionView As New DataGridCollectionView( Orders, GetType( System.Data.DataRow ), False, False )
collectionView.ItemProperties.Add( New DataGridItemProperty( "ShipCountry", GetType( String ) ) )
collectionView.ItemProperties.Add( New DataGridItemProperty( "ShipCity", GetType( String ) ) )
collectionView.ItemProperties.Add( New DataGridItemProperty( "ShipVia", GetType( Integer ) ) )
Dim shipAddress As New DataGridItemProperty( "ShipAddress", GetType( String ) )
shipAddress.SortComparer = New AddressComparer()
collectionView.ItemProperties.Add( shipAddress )
dataGridControl.ItemsSource = collectionView
C#
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DataGridCollectionView collectionView = new DataGridCollectionView( Orders, typeof( System.Data.DataRow ), false, false );
collectionView.ItemProperties.Add( new DataGridItemProperty( "ShipCountry", typeof( string ) ) );
collectionView.ItemProperties.Add( new DataGridItemProperty( "ShipCity", typeof( string ) ) );
collectionView.ItemProperties.Add( new DataGridItemProperty( "ShipVia", typeof( int ) ) );
DataGridItemProperty shipAddress = new DataGridItemProperty( "ShipAddress", typeof( string ) );
shipAddress.SortComparer = new AddressComparer();
collectionView.ItemProperties.Add( shipAddress );
dataGridControl.ItemsSource = collectionView;

The following code provides the implementation of the AddressComparer class.

VB.NET
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Imports System
Imports System.Collections
Imports System.Data
Namespace Xceed.Wpf.Documentation
  Public Class AddressComparer
               Implements IComparer
    Public Sub New()
    End Sub
    Public Function Compare( x As Object, y As Object ) As Integer Implements IComparer.Compare
      Dim stringX As String = CType( x, String )
      Dim stringY As String = Ctyle( y, String )
      Const digits As String = "0123456789"
      If( ( digits.IndexOf( stringX( 0 ) ) >= 0 ) And ( digits.IndexOf( stringY( 0 ) ) >= 0 ) ) Then
        Dim index As Integer = 0
        Dim xNumber As System.Text.StringBuilder = New System.Text.StringBuilder()
        While( ( index < stringX.Length ) And ( digits.IndexOf( stringX( index ) ) >= 0 ) )
          xNumber.Append( stringX( index ) )
          index++
        End While
        index = 0
        Dim yNumber As System.Text.StringBuilder = New System.Text.StringBuilder()
        While( ( index < stringY.Length ) And ( digits.IndexOf( stringY( index ) ) >= 0 ) )
          yNumber.Append( stringY( index ) )
          index++
        End While
        Dim xValue = Long.Parse( xNumber.ToString() )
        Dim yValue As Long = Long.Parse( yNumber.ToString() )
        If( xValue > yValue ) Then
          Return 1
        End If
        If( xValue < yValue ) Then
          Return -1
        End If
        Return stringX.CompareTo( stringY )
      Else
        Return stringX.CompareTo( stringY )
      End If
    End Function
  End Class
End Namespace
C#
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using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.Data;
namespace Xceed.Wpf.Documentation
{
 public class AddressComparer: IComparer
 {
   public AddressComparer()
   {
   }
   int IComparer.Compare( object x, object y )
   {
     string stringX = ( string )x;
     string stringY = ( string )y;
     const string digits = "0123456789";
     if( ( digits.IndexOf( stringX[ 0 ] ) >= 0 ) && ( digits.IndexOf( stringY[ 0 ] ) >= 0 ) )
     {
       int index = 0;
       System.Text.StringBuilder xNumber = new System.Text.StringBuilder();
       while( ( index < stringX.Length ) && ( digits.IndexOf( stringX[ index ] ) >= 0 ) )
       {
         xNumber.Append( stringX[ index ] );
         index++;
       }
       index = 0;
       System.Text.StringBuilder yNumber = new System.Text.StringBuilder();
       while( ( index < stringY.Length ) && ( digits.IndexOf( stringY[ index ] ) >= 0 ) )
       {
         yNumber.Append( stringY[ index ] );
         index++;
       }
       long xValue = long.Parse( xNumber.ToString() );
       long yValue = long.Parse( yNumber.ToString() );
       if( xValue > yValue )
         return 1;
       if( xValue < yValue )
         return -1;
       return stringX.CompareTo( stringY );
     }
     else
     {
       return stringX.CompareTo( stringY );
     }
   }
 }
}

 

 

 

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