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OrderBy

The OrderBy feature defined in the Specification behaves the same as OrderBy in Linq, and it accepts Expression<Func<TSource, TKey>> expression as a parameter. The same is true for the related features OrderByDescending, ThenBy, and ThenByDescending described below.

OrderBy, as one might expect, is used to order the results of a query based on a key, defined by the lambda expression passed into OrderBy.

For example:

Query.OrderBy(x => x.Name);

On the other hand, in order to order the results in the opposite order, one could instead use OrderByDescending, which works in the same manner as OrderBy:

Query.OrderByDescending(x => x.Name);

Finally, ThenBy and ThenByDescending are also supported in the Specification and can be used to further refine the order of the results:

Query.OrderByDescending(x => x.Name)
     .ThenByDescending(x => x.Id)
     .ThenBy(x => x.DateCreated);