using System;

using System.Collections.Generic;

using System.Collections.ObjectModel;

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enum SortProperty {

    Id, Name, Date, Balance

}

​

public class Program

{

    public static void Main()

    {

        Program main = new Program();

        main.Test();

    }

    private void Test() {

        ObservableCollection<SortPropertyOption<SortProperty>> sortingOptions = new ObservableCollection<SortPropertyOption<SortProperty>>();

        // The outside world can create options and use it's own data type (class generic type) to represent the

        // property in the data. In this case an enum is used by the outside world to identify what the choice,

        // but it could also be a string (maybe a database field name) or an integer, etc...

        sortingOptions.Add(new SortPropertyOption<SortProperty>(SortProperty.Name, "Name"));

        sortingOptions.Add(new SortPropertyOption<SortProperty>(SortProperty.Date, "Date"));

        sortingOptions.Add(new SortPropertyOption<SortProperty>(SortProperty.Balance, "Balance"));

        // SortPropertyOption collection could be passed to the view (by a binding or something).

        // When an option is selected in the view, the SortPropertyOption.OptionValue can be accessed by the using-code (outside world)

        // which then knows what to do with it.

    }

}

​

public class SortPropertyOption<T> {

    private T _optionValue;

    private string _text;

    public T OptionValue { get { return _optionValue; } }

    public string Text { get { return _text; } }

    public SortPropertyOption(T optionValue, string text) {

        _optionValue = optionValue;

        _text = text;

    }

}