/// <summary>
/// Finds entities that match the given filter, sorted by the criteria given and paginated
/// by the given pagination options.
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="TEntity">The type that identifies the entity required.</typeparam>
/// <typeparam name="TSortProperty">The type of the sorting property on the entity.</typeparam>
/// <param name="dbContext">The <see cref="DbContext"/> that contains the desired entity set.</param>
/// <param name="filter">The filter that will be applied.</param>
/// <param name="sort">The sort condition.</param>
/// <param name="sortDirection">Whether to sort Ascending or Descending.</param>
/// <param name="pagingOptions">The options for pagination.</param>
/// <returns>The filtered, sorted and paged enumerable collection of entities.</returns>
public static IQueryable <TEntity> ConstrainedFind <TEntity, TSortProperty>(this DbContext dbContext,
Expression <Func <TEntity, bool> > filter,
Expression <Func <TEntity, TSortProperty> > sort,
ListSortDirection sortDirection,
IPagingOptions pagingOptions)
where TEntity : class
{
return(dbContext.ConstrainedFind(filter, sort, sortDirection)
.Skip(pagingOptions.Offset)
.Take(pagingOptions.PageSize));
}
