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copied!<p>I've extended your functions to add support for Child Properties.</p> <pre><code>private static LambdaExpression GenerateSelector<TEntity>(String propertyName, out Type resultType) where TEntity : class { // Create a parameter to pass into the Lambda expression (Entity => Entity.OrderByField). var parameter = Expression.Parameter(typeof(TEntity), "Entity"); // create the selector part, but support child properties PropertyInfo property; Expression propertyAccess; if (propertyName.Contains('.')) { // support to be sorted on child fields. String[] childProperties = propertyName.Split('.'); property = typeof(TEntity).GetProperty(childProperties[0]); propertyAccess = Expression.MakeMemberAccess(parameter, property); for (int i = 1; i < childProperties.Length; i++) { property = property.PropertyType.GetProperty(childProperties[i]); propertyAccess = Expression.MakeMemberAccess(propertyAccess, property); } } else { property = typeof(TEntity).GetProperty(propertyName); propertyAccess = Expression.MakeMemberAccess(parameter, property); } resultType = property.PropertyType; // Create the order by expression. return Expression.Lambda(propertyAccess, parameter); } private static MethodCallExpression GenerateMethodCall<TEntity>(IQueryable<TEntity> source, string methodName, String fieldName) where TEntity : class { Type type = typeof(TEntity); Type selectorResultType; LambdaExpression selector = GenerateSelector<TEntity>(fieldName, out selectorResultType); MethodCallExpression resultExp = Expression.Call(typeof(Queryable), methodName, new Type[] { type, selectorResultType }, source.Expression, Expression.Quote(selector)); return resultExp; } </code></pre> <p>You can use these functions like:</p> <pre><code>GenerateMethodCall<TEntity>(source, "OrderByDescending", fieldName); </code></pre>

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