'Declaration
 
<ExtensionAttribute()>
Public Shared Function CreateFilterFromString(Of T As Class)( _
   ByVal collectionView As ICollectionView(Of T), _
   ByVal query As String, _
   Optional ByVal treatSpacesAsAndOperator As Boolean, _
   Optional ByVal matchNumbers As Boolean, _
   Optional ByVal matchCase As Boolean, _
   Optional ByVal matchWholeWord As Boolean _
) As FilterExpression

'Usage
 
Dim collectionView As ICollectionView(Of T)
Dim query As String
Dim treatSpacesAsAndOperator As Boolean
Dim matchNumbers As Boolean
Dim matchCase As Boolean
Dim matchWholeWord As Boolean
Dim value As FilterExpression
 
value = ICollectionViewEx.CreateFilterFromString(Of T)(collectionView, query, treatSpacesAsAndOperator, matchNumbers, matchCase, matchWholeWord)

[Extension()]
public static FilterExpression CreateFilterFromString<T>( 
   ICollectionView<T> collectionView,
   string query,
   bool treatSpacesAsAndOperator,
   bool matchNumbers,
   bool matchCase,
   bool matchWholeWord
)
where T: class

Parameters

collectionView

The collection view.

query

The query string to be filtered.

treatSpacesAsAndOperator

if set to true treat spaces as and operator.

matchNumbers

if set to true it will look into numeric fields.

matchCase

If set to true the case will be taken into account.

matchWholeWord

If set to true the whole word will have to be matched.

Type Parameters

T

Reference

ICollectionViewEx Class
ICollectionViewEx Members