Listview control

using System.Collections;	
using System.Windows.Forms;

/// 

/// This class is an implementation of the 'IComparer' interface.
/// 

public class ListViewColumnSorter : IComparer
{
	/// 

	/// Specifies the column to be sorted
	/// 

	private int ColumnToSort;
	/// 

	/// Specifies the order in which to sort (i.e. 'Ascending').
	/// 

	private SortOrder OrderOfSort;
	/// 

	/// Case insensitive comparer object
	/// 

	private CaseInsensitiveComparer ObjectCompare;

	/// 

	/// Class constructor.  Initializes various elements
	/// 

	public ListViewColumnSorter()
	{
		// Initialize the column to '0'
		ColumnToSort = 0;

		// Initialize the sort order to 'none'
		OrderOfSort = SortOrder.None;

		// Initialize the CaseInsensitiveComparer object
		ObjectCompare = new CaseInsensitiveComparer();
	}

	/// 

	/// This method is inherited from the IComparer interface.  It compares the two objects passed using a case insensitive comparison.
	/// 

	/// First object to be compared
	/// Second object to be compared
	/// The result of the comparison. "0" if equal, negative if 'x' is less than 'y' and positive if 'x' is greater than 'y'
	public int Compare(object x, object y)
	{
		int compareResult;
		ListViewItem listviewX, listviewY;

		// Cast the objects to be compared to ListViewItem objects
		listviewX = (ListViewItem)x;
		listviewY = (ListViewItem)y;

		// Compare the two items
		compareResult = ObjectCompare.Compare(listviewX.SubItems[ColumnToSort].Text,listviewY.SubItems[ColumnToSort].Text);
			
		// Calculate correct return value based on object comparison
		if (OrderOfSort == SortOrder.Ascending)
		{
			// Ascending sort is selected, return normal result of compare operation
			return compareResult;
		}
		else if (OrderOfSort == SortOrder.Descending)
		{
			// Descending sort is selected, return negative result of compare operation
			return (-compareResult);
		}
		else
		{
			// Return '0' to indicate they are equal
			return 0;
		}
	}
    
	/// 

	/// Gets or sets the number of the column to which to apply the sorting operation (Defaults to '0').
	/// 

	public int SortColumn
	{
		set
		{
			ColumnToSort = value;
		}
		get
		{
			return ColumnToSort;
		}
	}

	/// 

	/// Gets or sets the order of sorting to apply (for example, 'Ascending' or 'Descending').
	/// 

	public SortOrder Order
	{
		set
		{
			OrderOfSort = value;
		}
		get
		{
			return OrderOfSort;
		}
	}
    
}