An extendable ListViewSorter

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Collections;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Text;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using Yaowi.Common.Collections;
using Yaowi.Common.Windows.Controls;

namespace Demo
{
  public partial class Form1 : Form
  {
    // A ListViewSorter member
    ListViewSorter listviewsorter = new ListViewSorter();

    public Form1()
    {
      InitializeComponent();
    }

    private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
      InitColumns();
      FillListView();

      // Set the ListViewSorters ListView property
      listviewsorter.ListView = this.listView1;

      // Register Comparer for each column
      //listviewsorter.ColumnComparerCollection["String"] = new Yaowi.Common.Collections.StringComparer();
      listviewsorter.ColumnComparerCollection["Int"] = new NumericComparer();
      listviewsorter.ColumnComparerCollection["Decimal"] = new NumericComparer();
      listviewsorter.ColumnComparerCollection["Date"] = new DateComparer();
      listviewsorter.ColumnComparerCollection["Postal Code 1"] = new GermanPostalCodeCityByCityComparer();
      listviewsorter.ColumnComparerCollection["Postal Code 2"] = new GermanPostalCodeCityByPostalCodeComparer();
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Initializes the columns.
    /// </summary>
    protected void InitColumns()
    {
      this.listView1.Columns.Clear();

      ColumnHeader ch = null;

      ch = new ColumnHeader();
      ch.Text = "String";
      ch.Name = ch.Text;
      ch.Width = 75;
      this.listView1.Columns.Add(ch);

      ch = new ColumnHeader();
      ch.Text = "Int";
      ch.Name = ch.Text;
      ch.Width = 65;
      ch.TextAlign = HorizontalAlignment.Right;
      this.listView1.Columns.Add(ch);

      ch = new ColumnHeader();
      ch.Text = "Decimal";
      ch.Name = ch.Text;
      ch.Width = 120;
      ch.TextAlign = HorizontalAlignment.Right;
      this.listView1.Columns.Add(ch);

      ch = new ColumnHeader();
      ch.Text = "Date";
      ch.Name = ch.Text;
      ch.Width = 120;
      this.listView1.Columns.Add(ch);

      ch = new ColumnHeader();
      ch.Text = "Postal Code 1";
      ch.Name = ch.Text;
      ch.Width = 120;
      this.listView1.Columns.Add(ch);

      ch = new ColumnHeader();
      ch.Text = "Postal Code 2";
      ch.Name = ch.Text;
      ch.Width = 120;
      this.listView1.Columns.Add(ch);
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Fills the ListView with sample data.
    /// </summary>
    protected void FillListView()
    {
      int cnt = 10;

      String[] postals = new string[cnt];
      postals[0] = "22307 Hamburg";
      postals[1] = "80711 Muenchen";
      postals[2] = "44227 Dortmund";
      postals[3] = "10234 Berlin";
      postals[4] = null;
      postals[5] = "22648 Norderstedt";
      postals[6] = "21026 Hamburg";
      postals[7] = "01465 Dresden";
      postals[8] = "91052 Erlangen";
      postals[9] = "81829 Muenchen";

      Random rd = new Random();

      for (int i = 0; i < cnt; i++)
      {
        ListViewItem item = this.listView1.Items.Add("Item " + i);
        item.SubItems.Add("" + (int)Math.Pow((int)(10 - i + 1), 2));
        item.SubItems.Add("" + new Decimal(((double)rd.Next(1000, 1999)) / 1500));

        // Provide some null values
        if (i == 3 || i == 7)
        {
          String s = null;
          item.SubItems.Add(s);
        }
        else
          item.SubItems.Add("" + (DateTime.Now.AddYears(i).AddMonths((i * 2)).AddHours((i * 10 * -1))));

        item.SubItems.Add(postals[i]);
        item.SubItems.Add(postals[i]);
      }
    }
  }

}