How to sort a generic IList<T>

Sorting a generic IList

I was trying to sort a generic IList<> and found a fairly simple way of doing it.
Step 1
You need to implement IComparable for the type contained in your IList. For this example I am going to use a simple Language Dto class.

public class LanguageDto : IComparable {
private String name;
public string Name { get { return name; } set { name = value; } }

public LanguageDto(string name) {
this.name = name;
}

#region IComparable Members
public int CompareTo(object obj) {
if (obj is LanguageDto) {
LanguageDto language = (LanguageDto)obj;
return this.name.CompareTo(language.name);
}
throw new ArgumentException(string.Format("Cannot compare a LanguageDto to an {0}", obj.GetType().ToString()));
}
#endregion
}

STEP 2

Sort your IList. To do this you will use the ArrayList.Adapter() method passing in your IList, and then calling the Sort method. Like so...

ArrayList.Adapter((IList)languages).Sort();

Note: languages is of type "IList<LanguageDto>"

Languages should then be a sorted list of your type!