[API Proposal]: DataView.SortComparison from internal to public

[nikulenko]

Background and motivation

I suggest changing the DataView.SortComparison modifier from internal to public. This will allow you to dynamically define your sorter during the presentation generation process. This change does not affect existing functionality.

API Proposal

public System.Comparison<DataRow> SortComparison;

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[roji]

The design of the DataView type allows users to specify sorting view the string Sort property - this is the intended way to use the type, similar to how filtering is also specified via a SQL-like string. This design approximates how one would use an actual relational database.

While there may be user scenarios not covered by the above, DataView and related types (DataSet/DataAdapter) are no longer being evolved, and it's recommended to move away to other .NET access technologies (EF, Dapper...). Since the only changes we're making in this area are critical fixes, I'll go ahead and close this issue.