A Simple and Generic sorting technique for your business object collection

using System;
using System.Collections;

namespace CollectionTest
{
	/// <summary>
	/// Student Class with 3 properties.
	/// </summary>
	public class Student
	{
		string name="";
		public string Name
		{
			get{return name;}
			set{name = value;}
		}
		int id=0;
		public int Id
		{
			get{return id;}
			set{id = value;}
		}
		DateTime dob=DateTime.MinValue;
		public DateTime DOB
		{
			get{return dob;}
			set{dob = value;}
		}
		public Student(string name,int id,DateTime Dob)
		{
			this.name = name;
			this.id = id;
			this.dob = Dob;
		}
	}//Student class

	/// <summary>
	/// Note : This student collection inherhits SortableCollectionBase
	/// In the constructor set the SortObjectType for sorting.
	/// </summary>
	public class StudentCollection : SortableCollectionBase
	{
		#region CollectionBase implementation

		public StudentCollection()
		{
			//In your collection class constructor add this line.
			//set the SortObjectType for sorting.
			base.SortObjectType = typeof(Student);
		}

		public Student this[ int index ]  
		{
			get  
			{
				return( (Student) List[index] );
			}
			set  
			{
				List[index] = value;
			}
		}

		public int Add( Student value )  
		{
			return( List.Add( value ) );
		}

		public int IndexOf( Student value )  
		{
			return( List.IndexOf( value ) );
		}

		public void Insert( int index, Student value )  
		{
			List.Insert( index, value );
		}

		public void Remove( Student value )  
		{
			List.Remove( value );
		}

		public bool Contains( Student value )  
		{
			// If value is not of type Int16, this will return false.
			return( List.Contains( value ) );
		}
		protected override void OnInsert( int index, Object value )  
		{
			// Insert additional code to be run only when inserting values.
		}
		protected override void OnRemove( int index, Object value )  
		{
			// Insert additional code to be run only when removing values.
		}
		protected override void OnSet( int index, Object oldValue, Object newValue )  
		{
			// Insert additional code to be run only when setting values.
		}
		protected override void OnValidate( Object value )  
		{
		}
		#endregion
		
	}

}