/// <summary>
/// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="ListViewItemSorter"/> class
/// that uses the specified comparers to sort columns
/// and attaches the new instance to the specified ListView.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="listView">The ListView that should be sorted and monitored for column click events.</param>
/// <param name="itemComparers">An array of objects that implement IListViewItemComparer.
/// The index of the comparer in the array corresponds to the index of the list view column that it sorts.
/// If an element is <c>null</c>, the corresponding column cannot be sorted.
/// If this parameter is <c>null</c>, all columns can be sorted by their text content.</param>
/// <remarks>
/// Note that the ListViewItemSorter constructor adds two bitmaps to the
/// SmallImageList of the ListView (an empty ImageList will be created
/// first if none is assigned).
/// </remarks>
public ListViewItemSorter(ListView listView, IListViewItemComparer[] itemComparers)
{
if (listView == null)
{
throw new ArgumentNullException("listView");
}
this.listView = listView;
if (itemComparers == null)
{
IListViewItemComparer defaultComparer = new ListViewTextColumnComparer();
this.itemComparers = new IListViewItemComparer[this.ListView.Columns.Count];
for (int i = 0; i < this.itemComparers.Length; i++)
{
this.itemComparers[i] = defaultComparer;
}
}
else
{
this.itemComparers = itemComparers;
}
if (this.ListView.SmallImageList == null)
{
this.ListView.SmallImageList = new ImageList();
}
this.ListView.SmallImageList.Images.Add("SortAscending", BitmapResources.GetBitmap("Icons.16x16.SortAscending.png"));
this.ListView.SmallImageList.Images.Add("SortDescending", BitmapResources.GetBitmap("Icons.16x16.SortDescending.png"));
this.ListView.ColumnClick += this.ListViewColumnClick;
this.ListView.ListViewItemSorter = this;
}
