C# - Get A Custom Sorted EntityCollection By Default In EntityFramework ?

Jan 15, 2010

I would like to call a method in the ObjectContext which returns EntityCollection and have it sorted the way I want by default. For example, Imagine I have the following Category table/class:

CategoryID (PK)
Name
ParentID (FK_Category) foreign key
pointing to CategoryID itself.

(This table is the base for a tree structure of Categories and SubCategories)

Now, in my data model, the public partial class Category : EntityObject has a property which returns all Categories that have ParentID==CategoryID, in other words, EntityCollection<Category> SubCategories.

Alright, now i want to show in my page all the Categories and SubCategories by using Repeater:

<asp:Repeater ID="rptSubCategories" runat="server">
<ItemTemplate>
<%# Eval("CategoryID") %> - <%# Eval("Name") %>
<asp:Repeater ID="rptSubCategoryCategories" runat="server" DataSource='<%#Eval("SubCategories")) %>'>
<ItemTemplate>
<%# Eval("CategoryID") %> - <%# Eval("Name") %>
</ItemTemplate>
</asp:Repeater>
</ItemTemplate>
</asp:Repeater>

Then in code behind, I set the DataSource:

IList<Category> categoryList = new CategoryProvider().GetAll();
rptSubCategories.DataSource = categoryList;
rptSubCategories.DataBind();

Simply and everything works! Except that, rptSubCategoryCategories doesn't gives sorted Categories by Name. The only way I found to do it, is to change its DataSource from:

DataSource='<%# Eval("SubCategories")) %>'

to:

DataSource='<%# ((EntityCollection<Category>)Eval("SubCategories")).OrderBy(p => p.Name) %>'

but I wish I could do something else to have a default sorting so i don't need to call the OrderBy. Something like Attributes like we do in DynamicData, following the tutorial at [URL] Setting the default sort column of an Entity with DisplayColumnAttribute. Unless somebody tells me it's impossible what I want to do.

Using .NET 4.0 BETA 2

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