Imported Upstream version 4.6.0.125

Former-commit-id: a2155e9bd80020e49e72e86c44da02a8ac0e57a4

mcs/class/referencesource/System.Data.DataSetExtensions/GlobalSuppressions.cs

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+//---------------------------------------------------------------------
+// <copyright file="GlobalSuppressions.cs" company="Microsoft">
+//      Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.
+// </copyright>
+// <summary>global code analysis suppressions</summary>
+//---------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+using System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis;
+
+// They recommend something along the lines of 'TypedBaseDataTable' instead of 'TypedTableBase', this can't be changed at this point
+[module: SuppressMessage("Microsoft.Naming","CA1710:IdentifiersShouldHaveCorrectSuffix", Scope="type", Target="System.Data.TypedTableBase`1")]
+
+// Select<TRow, S>(...) should have something more meaningfull than just 'S'
+[module: SuppressMessage("Microsoft.Naming","CA1704:IdentifiersShouldBeSpelledCorrectly", MessageId="S", Scope="member", Target="System.Data.EnumerableRowCollectionExtensions.#Select`2(System.Data.EnumerableRowCollection`1<!!0>,System.Func`2<!!0,!!1>)")]
+[module: SuppressMessage("Microsoft.Naming","CA1715:IdentifiersShouldHaveCorrectPrefix", MessageId="T", Scope="member", Target="System.Data.EnumerableRowCollectionExtensions.#Select`2(System.Data.EnumerableRowCollection`1<!!0>,System.Func`2<!!0,!!1>)")]
+[module: SuppressMessage("Microsoft.Naming","CA1704:IdentifiersShouldBeSpelledCorrectly", MessageId="S", Scope="member", Target="System.Data.TypedTableBaseExtensions.#Select`2(System.Data.TypedTableBase`1<!!0>,System.Func`2<!!0,!!1>)")]
+[module: SuppressMessage("Microsoft.Naming","CA1715:IdentifiersShouldHaveCorrectPrefix", MessageId="T", Scope="member", Target="System.Data.TypedTableBaseExtensions.#Select`2(System.Data.TypedTableBase`1<!!0>,System.Func`2<!!0,!!1>)")]
+
+// Violations in the generated Resource file; can't prevent these from being generated...
+[module: SuppressMessage("Microsoft.Performance","CA1811:AvoidUncalledPrivateCode", Scope="member", Target="System.Data.DataSetRes.#GetObject(System.String)")]
+[module: SuppressMessage("Microsoft.Performance","CA1811:AvoidUncalledPrivateCode", Scope="member", Target="System.Data.DataSetRes.#GetString(System.String,System.Boolean&)")]
+[module: SuppressMessage("Microsoft.Performance","CA1811:AvoidUncalledPrivateCode", Scope="member", Target="System.Data.DataSetRes.#get_Resources()")]
+[module: SuppressMessage("Microsoft.Performance","CA1811:AvoidUncalledPrivateCode", Scope="member", Target="System.Data.DataSetExtensions.Error.#ArgumentNull(System.String)")]
+[module: SuppressMessage("Microsoft.Performance","CA1811:AvoidUncalledPrivateCode", Scope="member", Target="System.Data.DataSetExtensions.Error.#ArgumentOutOfRange(System.String)")]
+[module: SuppressMessage("Microsoft.Performance","CA1811:AvoidUncalledPrivateCode", Scope="member", Target="System.Data.DataSetExtensions.Error.#NotImplemented()", Justification="")]
+[module: SuppressMessage("Microsoft.Performance","CA1811:AvoidUncalledPrivateCode", Scope="member", Target="System.Data.DataSetExtensions.Error.#NotSupported()")]

mcs/class/referencesource/System.Data.DataSetExtensions/System.Data.DataSetExtensions.txt

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+; These are the managed resources for System.Data.DataSetExtensions.dll.  See
+; ResourceManager documentation and the ResGen tool, which is
+; a managed app built from \com99\src\toolbox\resgen.
+
+
+DataSetLinq_InvalidEnumerationValue=The {0} enumeration value, {1}, is not valid.
+
+;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
+; System.Data.DataSetLinq error messages
+DataSetLinq_EmptyDataRowSource=The source contains no DataRows.
+DataSetLinq_NullDataRow=The source contains a DataRow reference that is null.
+DataSetLinq_CannotLoadDeletedRow=The source contains a deleted DataRow that cannot be copied to the DataTable.
+DataSetLinq_CannotLoadDetachedRow=The source contains a detached DataRow that cannot be copied to the DataTable.
+DataSetLinq_CannotCompareDeletedRow=The DataRowComparer does not work with DataRows that have been deleted since it only compares current values.
+DataSetLinq_NonNullableCast=Cannot cast DBNull.Value to type '{0}'. Please use a nullable type.
+
+;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
+; System.Data.LinqDataView Error Messages
+ToLDVUnsupported=Can not create DataView after using projection
+LDV_InvalidNumOfKeys=Must provide '{0}' keys to find
+LDVRowStateError=DataViewRowState must be DataViewRowState.CurrentRows

mcs/class/referencesource/System.Data.DataSetExtensions/System/Data/DataRowComparer.cs

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+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// <copyright file="DataRowComparer.cs" company="Microsoft">
+//     Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.
+// </copyright>
+// <owner current="true" primary="true">[....]</owner>
+// <owner current="true" primary="false">spather</owner>
+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+using System;
+using System.Data;
+using System.Collections;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Diagnostics;
+using System.Data.DataSetExtensions;
+
+namespace System.Data
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// This class implements IEqualityComparer using value based semantics
+    /// when comparing DataRows.
+    /// </summary>
+    public static class DataRowComparer
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets the singleton instance of the data row comparer.
+        /// </summary>
+        public static DataRowComparer<DataRow> Default { get { return DataRowComparer<DataRow>.Default; } }
+
+        internal static bool AreEqual(object a, object b)
+        {
+            if (Object.ReferenceEquals(a, b))
+            {   // same reference or (null, null) or (DBNull.Value, DBNull.Value)
+                return true;
+            }
+            if (Object.ReferenceEquals(a, null) || Object.ReferenceEquals(a, DBNull.Value) ||
+                Object.ReferenceEquals(b, null) || Object.ReferenceEquals(b, DBNull.Value))
+            {   // (null, non-null) or (null, DBNull.Value) or vice versa
+                return false;
+            }
+            return (a.Equals(b) || (a.GetType().IsArray && CompareArray((Array)a, b as Array)));
+        }
+
+        private static bool AreElementEqual(object a, object b)
+        {
+            if (Object.ReferenceEquals(a, b))
+            {   // same reference or (null, null) or (DBNull.Value, DBNull.Value)
+                return true;
+            }
+            if (Object.ReferenceEquals(a, null) || Object.ReferenceEquals(a, DBNull.Value) ||
+                Object.ReferenceEquals(b, null) || Object.ReferenceEquals(b, DBNull.Value))
+            {   // (null, non-null) or (null, DBNull.Value) or vice versa
+                return false;
+            }
+            return a.Equals(b);
+        }
+
+        private static bool CompareArray(Array a, Array b)
+        {
+            if ((null == b) ||
+                (1 != a.Rank) ||
+                (1 != b.Rank) ||
+                (a.Length != b.Length))
+            {   // automatically consider array's with Rank>1 not-equal
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            int index1 = a.GetLowerBound(0);
+            int index2 = b.GetLowerBound(0);
+            if (a.GetType() == b.GetType() && (0 == index1) && (0 == index2))
+            {
+                switch (Type.GetTypeCode(a.GetType().GetElementType()))
+                {
+                    case TypeCode.Byte:
+                        return DataRowComparer.CompareEquatableArray<Byte>((Byte[])a, (Byte[])b);
+                    case TypeCode.Int16:
+                        return DataRowComparer.CompareEquatableArray<Int16>((Int16[])a, (Int16[])b);
+                    case TypeCode.Int32:
+                        return DataRowComparer.CompareEquatableArray<Int32>((Int32[])a, (Int32[])b);
+                    case TypeCode.Int64:
+                        return DataRowComparer.CompareEquatableArray<Int64>((Int64[])a, (Int64[])b);
+                    case TypeCode.String:
+                        return DataRowComparer.CompareEquatableArray<String>((String[])a, (String[])b);
+                }
+            }
+
+            //Compare every element. But don't recurse if we have Array of array.
+            int length = index1 + a.Length;
+            for (; index1 < length; ++index1, ++index2)
+            {
+                if (!AreElementEqual(a.GetValue(index1), b.GetValue(index2)))
+                {
+                    return false;
+                }
+            }
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        private static bool CompareEquatableArray<TElem>(TElem[] a, TElem[] b) where TElem : IEquatable<TElem>
+        {
+            if (Object.ReferenceEquals(a, b))
+            {
+                return true;
+            }
+            if (Object.ReferenceEquals(a, null) ||
+                Object.ReferenceEquals(b, null))
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+            if (a.Length != b.Length)
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            for (int i = 0; i < a.Length; ++i)
+            {
+                if (!a[i].Equals(b[i]))
+                {
+                    return false;
+                }
+            }
+            return true;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// This class implements IEqualityComparer using value based semantics
+    /// when comparing DataRows.
+    /// </summary>
+    public sealed class DataRowComparer<TRow> : IEqualityComparer<TRow> where TRow : DataRow
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Private constructor to prevent initialization outside of Default singleton instance.
+        /// </summary>
+        private DataRowComparer() { }
+
+        private static DataRowComparer<TRow> _instance = new DataRowComparer<TRow>();
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets the singleton instance of the data row comparer.
+        /// </summary>
+        public static DataRowComparer<TRow> Default { get { return _instance; } }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// This method compares to DataRows by doing a column by column value based
+        /// comparision.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="leftRow">
+        ///   The first input DataRow
+        /// </param>
+        /// <param name="rightRow">
+        ///   The second input DataRow
+        /// </param>
+        /// <returns>
+        ///   True if rows are equal, false if not.
+        /// </returns>
+        public bool Equals(TRow leftRow, TRow rightRow)
+        {
+            if (Object.ReferenceEquals(leftRow, rightRow))
+            {
+                return true;
+            }
+            if (Object.ReferenceEquals(leftRow, null) ||
+                Object.ReferenceEquals(rightRow, null))
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            if (leftRow.RowState == DataRowState.Deleted || rightRow.RowState == DataRowState.Deleted)
+            {
+                throw DataSetUtil.InvalidOperation(Strings.DataSetLinq_CannotCompareDeletedRow);
+            }
+
+            int count = leftRow.Table.Columns.Count;
+            if (count != rightRow.Table.Columns.Count)
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            for (int i = 0; i < count; ++i)
+            {
+                if (!DataRowComparer.AreEqual(leftRow[i], rightRow[i]))
+                {
+                    return false;
+                }
+            }
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// This mtheod retrieves a hash code for the source row.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="row">
+        ///   The source DataRow
+        /// </param>
+        /// <returns>
+        ///   HashCode for row based on values in the row.
+        /// </returns>
+        public int GetHashCode(TRow row)
+        {
+            DataSetUtil.CheckArgumentNull(row, "row");
+
+            if (row.RowState == DataRowState.Deleted)
+            {
+                throw DataSetUtil.InvalidOperation(Strings.DataSetLinq_CannotCompareDeletedRow);
+            }
+
+            int hash = 0;
+            Debug.Assert(row.Table != null);
+            if (row.Table.Columns.Count > 0)
+            {
+                // if the row has at least one column, then use the first column value
+                object value = row[0];
+
+                Type valueType = value.GetType();
+                if (valueType.IsArray)
+                {
+                    Array array = value as Array;
+
+                    if (array.Rank > 1)
+                    {
+                        hash = value.GetHashCode();
+                    }
+                    else if (array.Length > 0)
+                    {
+                        hash = array.GetValue(array.GetLowerBound(0)).GetHashCode();
+                    }
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    System.ValueType vt = value as System.ValueType;
+
+                    // have to unbox value types.
+                    if (vt != null)
+                    {
+                        hash = vt.GetHashCode();
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        hash = value.GetHashCode();
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            // if table has no columns, the hash code is 0
+            return hash;
+        }
+    }
+}

mcs/class/referencesource/System.Data.DataSetExtensions/System/Data/DataRowExtensions.cs

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+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// <copyright file="DataRowExtenstions.cs" company="Microsoft">
+//     Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.
+// </copyright>
+// <owner current="true" primary="true">[....]</owner>
+// <owner current="true" primary="false">spather</owner>
+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+using System;
+using System.Data.DataSetExtensions;
+
+namespace System.Data {
+    
+    /// <summary>
+    /// This static class defines the DataRow extension methods.
+    /// </summary>
+    public static class DataRowExtensions {
+    
+        /// <summary>
+        ///  This method provides access to the values in each of the columns in a given row. 
+        ///  This method makes casts unnecessary when accessing columns. 
+        ///  Additionally, Field supports nullable types and maps automatically between DBNull and 
+        ///  Nullable when the generic type is nullable. 
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="row">
+        ///   The input DataRow
+        /// </param>
+        /// <param name="columnName">
+        ///   The input column name specificy which row value to retrieve.
+        /// </param>
+        /// <returns>
+        ///   The DataRow value for the column specified.
+        /// </returns> 
+        public static T Field<T>(this DataRow row, string columnName) {
+            DataSetUtil.CheckArgumentNull(row, "row");
+            return UnboxT<T>.Unbox(row[columnName]);
+        }
+        
+        /// <summary>
+        ///  This method provides access to the values in each of the columns in a given row. 
+        ///  This method makes casts unnecessary when accessing columns. 
+        ///  Additionally, Field supports nullable types and maps automatically between DBNull and 
+        ///  Nullable when the generic type is nullable. 
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="row">
+        ///   The input DataRow
+        /// </param>
+        /// <param name="column">
+        ///   The input DataColumn specificy which row value to retrieve.
+        /// </param>
+        /// <returns>
+        ///   The DataRow value for the column specified.
+        /// </returns> 
+        public static T Field<T>(this DataRow row, DataColumn column) {
+            DataSetUtil.CheckArgumentNull(row, "row");
+            return UnboxT<T>.Unbox(row[column]);
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        ///  This method provides access to the values in each of the columns in a given row. 
+        ///  This method makes casts unnecessary when accessing columns. 
+        ///  Additionally, Field supports nullable types and maps automatically between DBNull and 
+        ///  Nullable when the generic type is nullable. 
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="row">
+        ///   The input DataRow
+        /// </param>
+        /// <param name="columnIndex">
+        ///   The input ordinal specificy which row value to retrieve.
+        /// </param>
+        /// <returns>
+        ///   The DataRow value for the column specified.
+        /// </returns> 
+        public static T Field<T>(this DataRow row, int columnIndex) {
+            DataSetUtil.CheckArgumentNull(row, "row");
+            return UnboxT<T>.Unbox(row[columnIndex]);
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        ///  This method provides access to the values in each of the columns in a given row. 
+        ///  This method makes casts unnecessary when accessing columns. 
+        ///  Additionally, Field supports nullable types and maps automatically between DBNull and 
+        ///  Nullable when the generic type is nullable. 
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="row">
+        ///   The input DataRow
+        /// </param>
+        /// <param name="columnIndex">
+        ///   The input ordinal specificy which row value to retrieve.
+        /// </param>
+        /// <param name="version">
+        ///   The DataRow version for which row value to retrieve.
+        /// </param>
+        /// <returns>
+        ///   The DataRow value for the column specified.
+        /// </returns> 
+        public static T Field<T>(this DataRow row, int columnIndex, DataRowVersion version) {
+            DataSetUtil.CheckArgumentNull(row, "row");
+            return UnboxT<T>.Unbox(row[columnIndex, version]);
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        ///  This method provides access to the values in each of the columns in a given row. 
+        ///  This method makes casts unnecessary when accessing columns. 
+        ///  Additionally, Field supports nullable types and maps automatically between DBNull and 
+        ///  Nullable when the generic type is nullable. 
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="row">
+        ///   The input DataRow
+        /// </param>
+        /// <param name="columnName">
+        ///   The input column name specificy which row value to retrieve.
+        /// </param>
+        /// <param name="version">
+        ///   The DataRow version for which row value to retrieve.
+        /// </param>
+        /// <returns>
+        ///   The DataRow value for the column specified.
+        /// </returns> 
+        public static T Field<T>(this DataRow row, string columnName, DataRowVersion version) {
+            DataSetUtil.CheckArgumentNull(row, "row");
+            return UnboxT<T>.Unbox(row[columnName, version]);
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        ///  This method provides access to the values in each of the columns in a given row. 
+        ///  This method makes casts unnecessary when accessing columns. 
+        ///  Additionally, Field supports nullable types and maps automatically between DBNull and 
+        ///  Nullable when the generic type is nullable. 
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="row">
+        ///   The input DataRow
+        /// </param>
+        /// <param name="column">
+        ///   The input DataColumn specificy which row value to retrieve.
+        /// </param>
+        /// <param name="version">
+        ///   The DataRow version for which row value to retrieve.
+        /// </param>
+        /// <returns>
+        ///   The DataRow value for the column specified.
+        /// </returns> 
+        public static T Field<T>(this DataRow row, DataColumn column, DataRowVersion version) {
+            DataSetUtil.CheckArgumentNull(row, "row");
+            return UnboxT<T>.Unbox(row[column, version]);
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        ///  This method sets a new value for the specified column for the DataRow it<69>s called on. 
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="row">
+        ///   The input DataRow.
+        /// </param>
+        /// <param name="columnIndex">
+        ///   The input ordinal specifying which row value to set.
+        /// </param>
+        /// <param name="value">
+        ///   The new row value for the specified column.
+        /// </param>
+        public static void SetField<T>(this DataRow row, int columnIndex, T value) {
+            DataSetUtil.CheckArgumentNull(row, "row");
+            row[columnIndex] = (object)value ?? DBNull.Value;
+        }
+        
+        /// <summary>
+        ///  This method sets a new value for the specified column for the DataRow it<69>s called on. 
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="row">
+        ///   The input DataRow.
+        /// </param>
+        /// <param name="columnName">
+        ///   The input column name specificy which row value to retrieve.
+        /// </param>
+        /// <param name="value">
+        ///   The new row value for the specified column.
+        /// </param>
+        public static void SetField<T>(this DataRow row, string columnName, T value) {
+            DataSetUtil.CheckArgumentNull(row, "row");
+            row[columnName] = (object)value ?? DBNull.Value;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        ///  This method sets a new value for the specified column for the DataRow it<69>s called on. 
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="row">
+        ///   The input DataRow.
+        /// </param>
+        /// <param name="column">
+        ///   The input DataColumn specificy which row value to retrieve.
+        /// </param>
+        /// <param name="value">
+        ///   The new row value for the specified column.
+        /// </param>
+        public static void SetField<T>(this DataRow row, DataColumn column, T value) {
+            DataSetUtil.CheckArgumentNull(row, "row");
+            row[column] = (object)value ?? DBNull.Value;
+        }
+
+        private static class UnboxT<T>
+        {
+            internal static readonly Converter<object, T> Unbox = Create(typeof(T));
+
+            private static Converter<object, T> Create(Type type)
+            {
+                if (type.IsValueType)
+                {
+                    if (type.IsGenericType && !type.IsGenericTypeDefinition && (typeof(Nullable<>) == type.GetGenericTypeDefinition()))
+                    {
+                        return (Converter<object, T>)Delegate.CreateDelegate(
+                            typeof(Converter<object, T>),
+                                typeof(UnboxT<T>)
+                                    .GetMethod("NullableField", System.Reflection.BindingFlags.Static | System.Reflection.BindingFlags.NonPublic)
+                                    .MakeGenericMethod(type.GetGenericArguments()[0]));
+                    }
+                    return ValueField;
+                }
+                return ReferenceField;
+            }
+
+            private static T ReferenceField(object value)
+            {
+                return ((DBNull.Value == value) ? default(T) : (T)value);
+            }
+
+            private static T ValueField(object value)
+            {
+                if (DBNull.Value == value)
+                {
+                    throw DataSetUtil.InvalidCast(Strings.DataSetLinq_NonNullableCast(typeof(T).ToString()));
+                }
+                return (T)value;
+            }
+
+            private static Nullable<TElem> NullableField<TElem>(object value) where TElem : struct
+            {
+                if (DBNull.Value == value)
+                {
+                    return default(Nullable<TElem>);
+                }
+                return new Nullable<TElem>((TElem)value);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}

mcs/class/referencesource/System.Data.DataSetExtensions/System/Data/DataSetUtil.cs

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+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// <copyright file="DataSetUtil.cs" company="Microsoft">
+//     Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.
+// </copyright>
+// <owner current="true" primary="true">[....]</owner>
+// <owner current="true" primary="false">[....]</owner>
+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+using System;
+using System.Data;
+using System.Data.DataSetExtensions;
+using System.Diagnostics;
+
+internal static class DataSetUtil
+{
+    #region CheckArgument
+    internal static void CheckArgumentNull<T>(T argumentValue, string argumentName) where T : class
+    {
+        if (null == argumentValue)
+        {
+            throw ArgumentNull(argumentName);
+        }
+    }
+    #endregion
+
+    #region Trace
+    private static T TraceException<T>(string trace, T e)
+    {
+        Debug.Assert(null != e, "TraceException: null Exception");
+        if (null != e)
+        {
+            //Bid.Trace(trace, e.ToString()); // will include callstack if permission is available
+        }
+        return e;
+    }
+
+    private static T TraceExceptionAsReturnValue<T>(T e)
+    {
+        return TraceException("<comm.ADP.TraceException|ERR|THROW> '%ls'\n", e);
+    }
+    #endregion
+
+    #region new Exception
+    internal static ArgumentException Argument(string message)
+    {
+        return TraceExceptionAsReturnValue(new ArgumentException(message));
+    }
+
+    internal static ArgumentNullException ArgumentNull(string message)
+    {
+        return TraceExceptionAsReturnValue(new ArgumentNullException(message));
+    }
+
+    internal static ArgumentOutOfRangeException ArgumentOutOfRange(string message, string parameterName)
+    {
+        return TraceExceptionAsReturnValue(new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(parameterName, message));
+    }
+
+    internal static InvalidCastException InvalidCast(string message)
+    {
+        return TraceExceptionAsReturnValue(new InvalidCastException(message));
+    }
+
+    internal static InvalidOperationException InvalidOperation(string message)
+    {
+        return TraceExceptionAsReturnValue(new InvalidOperationException(message));
+    }
+
+    internal static NotSupportedException NotSupported(string message)
+    {
+        return TraceExceptionAsReturnValue(new NotSupportedException(message));
+    }
+    #endregion
+
+    #region new EnumerationValueNotValid
+    static internal ArgumentOutOfRangeException InvalidEnumerationValue(Type type, int value)
+    {
+        return ArgumentOutOfRange(Strings.DataSetLinq_InvalidEnumerationValue(type.Name, value.ToString(System.Globalization.CultureInfo.InvariantCulture)), type.Name);
+    }
+
+    static internal ArgumentOutOfRangeException InvalidDataRowState(DataRowState value)
+    {
+#if DEBUG
+        switch (value)
+        {
+            case DataRowState.Detached:
+            case DataRowState.Unchanged:
+            case DataRowState.Added:
+            case DataRowState.Deleted:
+            case DataRowState.Modified:
+                Debug.Assert(false, "valid DataRowState " + value.ToString());
+                break;
+        }
+#endif
+        return InvalidEnumerationValue(typeof(DataRowState), (int)value);
+    }
+
+    static internal ArgumentOutOfRangeException InvalidLoadOption(LoadOption value)
+    {
+#if DEBUG
+        switch (value)
+        {
+            case LoadOption.OverwriteChanges:
+            case LoadOption.PreserveChanges:
+            case LoadOption.Upsert:
+                Debug.Assert(false, "valid LoadOption " + value.ToString());
+                break;
+        }
+#endif
+        return InvalidEnumerationValue(typeof(LoadOption), (int)value);
+    }
+    #endregion
+
+    // only StackOverflowException & ThreadAbortException are sealed classes
+    static private readonly Type StackOverflowType = typeof(System.StackOverflowException);
+    static private readonly Type OutOfMemoryType = typeof(System.OutOfMemoryException);
+    static private readonly Type ThreadAbortType = typeof(System.Threading.ThreadAbortException);
+    static private readonly Type NullReferenceType = typeof(System.NullReferenceException);
+    static private readonly Type AccessViolationType = typeof(System.AccessViolationException);
+    static private readonly Type SecurityType = typeof(System.Security.SecurityException);
+
+    static internal bool IsCatchableExceptionType(Exception e)
+    {
+        // a 'catchable' exception is defined by what it is not.
+        Type type = e.GetType();
+
+        return ((type != StackOverflowType) &&
+                 (type != OutOfMemoryType) &&
+                 (type != ThreadAbortType) &&
+                 (type != NullReferenceType) &&
+                 (type != AccessViolationType) &&
+                 !SecurityType.IsAssignableFrom(type));
+    }
+}

mcs/class/referencesource/System.Data.DataSetExtensions/System/Data/DataTableExtensions.cs

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+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// <copyright file="DataTableExtenstions.cs" company="Microsoft">
+//     Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.
+// </copyright>
+// <owner current="true" primary="true">[....]</owner>
+// <owner current="true" primary="false">[....]</owner>
+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Xml;
+using System.Linq.Expressions;
+using System.Globalization;
+using System.Diagnostics;
+using System.Data.DataSetExtensions;
+
+namespace System.Data
+{
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// This static class defines the DataTable extension methods.
+    /// </summary>
+    public static class DataTableExtensions
+    {
+
+        /// <summary>
+        ///   This method returns a IEnumerable of Datarows.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="source">
+        ///   The source DataTable to make enumerable.
+        /// </param>
+        /// <returns>
+        ///   IEnumerable of datarows.
+        /// </returns>
+        public static EnumerableRowCollection<DataRow> AsEnumerable(this DataTable source)
+        {
+            DataSetUtil.CheckArgumentNull(source, "source");
+            return new EnumerableRowCollection<DataRow>(source);
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        ///   This method takes an input sequence of DataRows and produces a DataTable object
+        ///   with copies of the source rows.
+        ///   Also note that this will cause the rest of the query to execute at this point in time
+        ///   (e.g. there is no more delayed execution after this sequence operator).
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="source">
+        ///   The input sequence of DataRows
+        /// </param>
+        /// <returns>
+        ///   DataTable containing copies of the source DataRows.
+        ///   Properties for the DataTable table will be taken from first DataRow in the source.
+        /// </returns>
+        /// <exception cref="ArgumentNullException">if source is null</exception>
+        /// <exception cref="InvalidOperationException">if source is empty</exception>
+        public static DataTable CopyToDataTable<T>(this IEnumerable<T> source)
+            where T : DataRow
+        {
+            DataSetUtil.CheckArgumentNull(source, "source");
+            return LoadTableFromEnumerable(source, null, null, null);
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        ///   delegates to other CopyToDataTable overload with a null FillErrorEventHandler.
+        /// </summary>
+        public static void CopyToDataTable<T>(this IEnumerable<T> source, DataTable table, LoadOption options)
+            where T : DataRow
+        {
+            DataSetUtil.CheckArgumentNull(source, "source");
+            DataSetUtil.CheckArgumentNull(table, "table");
+            LoadTableFromEnumerable(source, table, options, null);
+        }
+
+
+        /// <summary>
+        ///   This method takes an input sequence of DataRows and produces a DataTable object
+        ///   with copies of the source rows.
+        ///   Also note that this will cause the rest of the query to execute at this point in time
+        ///   (e.g. there is no more delayed execution after this sequence operator).
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="source">
+        ///   The input sequence of DataRows
+        ///
+        ///   CopyToDataTable uses DataRowVersion.Default when retrieving values from source DataRow
+        ///   which will include proposed values for DataRow being edited.
+        ///
+        ///   Null DataRow in the sequence are skipped.
+        /// </param>
+        /// <param name="table">
+        ///   The target DataTable to load.
+        /// </param>
+        /// <param name="options">
+        ///   The target DataTable to load.
+        /// </param>
+        /// <param name="errorHandler">
+        /// Error handler for recoverable errors.
+        /// Recoverable errors include:
+        ///     A source DataRow is in the deleted or detached state state.
+        ///     DataTable.LoadDataRow threw an exception, i.e. wrong # of columns in source row
+        /// Unrecoverable errors include:
+        ///     exceptions from IEnumerator, DataTable.BeginLoadData or DataTable.EndLoadData
+        /// </param>
+        /// <returns>
+        ///   DataTable containing copies of the source DataRows.
+        /// </returns>
+        /// <exception cref="ArgumentNullException">if source is null</exception>
+        /// <exception cref="ArgumentNullException">if table is null</exception>
+        /// <exception cref="InvalidOperationException">if source DataRow is in Deleted or Detached state</exception>
+        public static void CopyToDataTable<T>(this IEnumerable<T> source, DataTable table, LoadOption options, FillErrorEventHandler errorHandler)
+            where T : DataRow
+        {
+            DataSetUtil.CheckArgumentNull(source, "source");
+            DataSetUtil.CheckArgumentNull(table, "table");
+            LoadTableFromEnumerable(source, table, options, errorHandler);
+        }
+
+        private static DataTable LoadTableFromEnumerable<T>(IEnumerable<T> source, DataTable table, LoadOption? options, FillErrorEventHandler errorHandler)
+            where T : DataRow
+        {
+            if (options.HasValue) {
+                switch(options.Value) {
+                    case LoadOption.OverwriteChanges:
+                    case LoadOption.PreserveChanges:
+                    case LoadOption.Upsert:
+                        break;
+                    default:
+                        throw DataSetUtil.InvalidLoadOption(options.Value);
+                }
+            }
+
+
+            using (IEnumerator<T> rows = source.GetEnumerator())
+            {
+                // need to get first row to create table
+                if (!rows.MoveNext())
+                {
+                    if (table == null)
+                    {
+                        throw DataSetUtil.InvalidOperation(Strings.DataSetLinq_EmptyDataRowSource);
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        return table;
+                    }
+                }
+
+                DataRow current;
+                if (table == null)
+                {
+                    current = rows.Current;
+                    if (current == null)
+                    {
+                        throw DataSetUtil.InvalidOperation(Strings.DataSetLinq_NullDataRow);
+                    }
+
+                    table = new DataTable();
+                    table.Locale = CultureInfo.CurrentCulture;
+                    // We do not copy the same properties that DataView.ToTable does.
+                    // If user needs that functionality, use other CopyToDataTable overloads.
+                    // The reasoning being, the IEnumerator<DataRow> can be sourced from
+                    // different DataTable, so we just use the "Default" instead of resolving the difference.
+
+                    foreach (DataColumn column in current.Table.Columns)
+                    {
+                        table.Columns.Add(column.ColumnName, column.DataType);
+                    }
+                }
+
+                table.BeginLoadData();
+                try
+                {
+                    do
+                    {
+                        current = rows.Current;
+                        if (current == null)
+                        {
+                            continue;
+                        }
+
+                        object[] values = null;
+                        try
+                        {   // 'recoverable' error block
+                            switch(current.RowState)
+                            {
+                                case DataRowState.Detached:
+                                    if (!current.HasVersion(DataRowVersion.Proposed))
+                                    {
+                                        throw DataSetUtil.InvalidOperation(Strings.DataSetLinq_CannotLoadDetachedRow);
+                                    }
+                                    goto case DataRowState.Added;
+                                case DataRowState.Unchanged:
+                                case DataRowState.Added:
+                                case DataRowState.Modified:
+                                    values = current.ItemArray;
+                                    if (options.HasValue)
+                                    {
+                                        table.LoadDataRow(values, options.Value);
+                                    }
+                                    else
+                                    {
+                                        table.LoadDataRow(values, true);
+                                    }
+                                    break;
+                                case DataRowState.Deleted:
+                                    throw DataSetUtil.InvalidOperation(Strings.DataSetLinq_CannotLoadDeletedRow);
+                                default:
+                                    throw DataSetUtil.InvalidDataRowState(current.RowState);
+                            }
+                        }
+                        catch (Exception e)
+                        {
+                            if (!DataSetUtil.IsCatchableExceptionType(e))
+                            {
+                                throw;
+                            }
+
+                            FillErrorEventArgs fillError = null;
+                            if (null != errorHandler)
+                            {
+                                fillError = new FillErrorEventArgs(table, values);
+                                fillError.Errors = e;
+                                errorHandler.Invoke(rows, fillError);
+                            }
+                            if (null == fillError) {
+                                throw;
+                            }
+                            else if (!fillError.Continue)
+                            {
+                                if (Object.ReferenceEquals(fillError.Errors ?? e, e))
+                                {   // if user didn't change exception to throw (or set it to null)
+                                    throw;
+                                }
+                                else
+                                {   // user may have changed exception to throw in handler
+                                    throw fillError.Errors;
+                                }
+                            }
+                        }
+                    } while (rows.MoveNext());
+                }
+                finally
+                {
+                    table.EndLoadData();
+                }
+            }
+            Debug.Assert(null != table, "null DataTable");
+            return table;
+        }
+
+        #region Methods to Create LinqDataView
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Creates a LinkDataView of DataRow over the input table.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="table">DataTable that the view is over.</param>
+        /// <returns>An instance of LinkDataView.</returns>
+        public static DataView AsDataView(this DataTable table)
+        {
+            DataSetUtil.CheckArgumentNull<DataTable>(table, "table");
+            return new LinqDataView(table, null);
+        }
+
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Creates a LinqDataView from EnumerableDataTable
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <typeparam name="T">Type of the row in the table. Must inherit from DataRow</typeparam>
+        /// <param name="source">The enumerable-datatable over which view must be created.</param>
+        /// <returns>Generated LinkDataView of type T</returns>
+        public static DataView AsDataView<T>(this EnumerableRowCollection<T> source) where T : DataRow
+        {
+            DataSetUtil.CheckArgumentNull<EnumerableRowCollection<T>>(source, "source");
+            return source.GetLinqDataView();
+        }
+
+        #endregion LinqDataView
+
+    }
+}

mcs/class/referencesource/System.Data.DataSetExtensions/System/Data/EnumerableRowCollection.cs

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+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// <copyright file="GenericEnumRowCollection.cs" company="Microsoft">
+//     Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.
+// </copyright>
+// <owner current="true" primary="true">[....]</owner>
+// <owner current="true" primary="false">[....]</owner>
+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Collections;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Data;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Diagnostics;
+using System.Linq.Expressions;
+using System.Collections.ObjectModel;
+using System.Data.DataSetExtensions;
+
+namespace System.Data
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Provides an entry point so that Cast operator call can be intercepted within an extension method.
+    /// </summary>
+    public abstract class EnumerableRowCollection : IEnumerable
+    {
+        internal abstract Type ElementType { get; }
+        internal abstract DataTable Table { get; }
+
+        internal EnumerableRowCollection()
+        {
+        }
+
+        IEnumerator IEnumerable.GetEnumerator()
+        {
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// This class provides a wrapper for DataTables to allow for querying via LINQ.
+    /// </summary>
+    public class EnumerableRowCollection<TRow> : EnumerableRowCollection, IEnumerable<TRow>
+    {
+        private readonly DataTable _table;
+        private readonly IEnumerable<TRow> _enumerableRows;
+        private readonly List<Func<TRow, bool>> _listOfPredicates;
+
+        // Stores list of sort expression in the order provided by user. E.g. order by, thenby, thenby descending..
+        private readonly SortExpressionBuilder<TRow> _sortExpression;
+
+        private readonly Func<TRow, TRow> _selector;
+
+        #region Properties
+
+        internal override Type ElementType
+        {
+            get
+            {
+                return typeof(TRow);
+            }
+
+        }
+
+        internal IEnumerable<TRow> EnumerableRows
+        {
+            get
+            {
+                return _enumerableRows;
+            }
+        }
+
+        internal override DataTable Table
+        {
+            get
+            {
+                return _table;
+            }
+        }
+
+
+        #endregion Properties
+
+        #region Constructors
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// This constructor is used when Select operator is called with output Type other than input row Type.
+        /// Basically fail on GetLDV(), but other LINQ operators must work.
+        /// </summary>
+        internal EnumerableRowCollection(IEnumerable<TRow> enumerableRows, bool isDataViewable, DataTable table)
+        {
+            Debug.Assert(!isDataViewable || table != null, "isDataViewable bug table is null");
+
+            _enumerableRows = enumerableRows;
+            if (isDataViewable)
+            {
+                _table = table;
+            }
+            _listOfPredicates = new List<Func<TRow, bool>>();
+            _sortExpression = new SortExpressionBuilder<TRow>();
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Basic Constructor
+        /// </summary>
+        internal EnumerableRowCollection(DataTable table)
+        {
+            _table = table;
+            _enumerableRows = table.Rows.Cast<TRow>();
+            _listOfPredicates = new List<Func<TRow, bool>>();
+            _sortExpression = new SortExpressionBuilder<TRow>();
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Copy Constructor that sets the input IEnumerable as enumerableRows
+        /// Used to maintain IEnumerable that has linq operators executed in the same order as the user
+        /// </summary>
+        internal EnumerableRowCollection(EnumerableRowCollection<TRow> source, IEnumerable<TRow> enumerableRows, Func<TRow, TRow> selector)
+        {
+            Debug.Assert(null != enumerableRows, "null enumerableRows");
+
+            _enumerableRows = enumerableRows;
+            _selector = selector;
+            if (null != source)
+            {
+                if (null == source._selector)
+                {
+                    _table = source._table;
+                }
+                _listOfPredicates = new List<Func<TRow, bool>>(source._listOfPredicates);
+                _sortExpression = source._sortExpression.Clone(); //deep copy the List
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                _listOfPredicates = new List<Func<TRow, bool>>();
+                _sortExpression = new SortExpressionBuilder<TRow>();
+            }
+        }
+
+        #endregion Constructors
+
+        #region PublicInterface
+        IEnumerator IEnumerable.GetEnumerator()
+        {
+            return GetEnumerator();
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        ///  This method returns an strongly typed iterator
+        ///  for the underlying DataRow collection.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <returns>
+        ///   A strongly typed iterator.
+        /// </returns>
+        public IEnumerator<TRow> GetEnumerator()
+        {
+            return _enumerableRows.GetEnumerator();
+        }
+        #endregion PublicInterface
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Evaluates filter and sort if necessary and returns
+        /// a LinqDataView representing the LINQ query this class has collected.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <returns>LinqDataView repesenting the LINQ query</returns>
+        internal LinqDataView GetLinqDataView() //Called by AsLinqDataView
+        {
+            if ((null == _table) || !typeof(DataRow).IsAssignableFrom(typeof(TRow)))
+            {
+                throw DataSetUtil.NotSupported(Strings.ToLDVUnsupported);
+            }
+
+            LinqDataView view = null;
+
+            #region BuildSinglePredicate
+
+            Func<DataRow, bool> finalPredicate = null; //Conjunction of all .Where(..) predicates
+            if ((null != _selector) && (0 < _listOfPredicates.Count))
+            {
+                // Hook up all individual predicates into one predicate
+                // This delegate is a conjunction of multiple predicates set by the user
+                // Note: This is a Short-Circuit Conjunction
+                finalPredicate =
+                    delegate(DataRow row)
+                    {
+                        if (!Object.ReferenceEquals(row, _selector((TRow)(object)row)))
+                        {
+                            throw DataSetUtil.NotSupported(Strings.ToLDVUnsupported);
+                        }
+                        foreach (Func<TRow, bool> pred in _listOfPredicates)
+                        {
+                            if (!pred((TRow)(object)row))
+                            {
+                                return false;
+                            }
+                        }
+                        return true;
+                    };
+            }
+            else if (null != _selector)
+            {
+                finalPredicate =
+                    delegate(DataRow row)
+                    {
+                        if (!Object.ReferenceEquals(row, _selector((TRow)(object)row)))
+                        {
+                            throw DataSetUtil.NotSupported(Strings.ToLDVUnsupported);
+                        }
+                        return true;
+                    };
+            }
+            else if (0 < _listOfPredicates.Count)
+            {
+                finalPredicate =
+                    delegate(DataRow row)
+                    {
+                        foreach (Func<TRow, bool> pred in _listOfPredicates)
+                        {
+                            if (!pred((TRow)(object)row))
+                            {
+                                return false;
+                            }
+                        }
+                        return true;
+                    };
+            }
+            #endregion BuildSinglePredicate
+
+            #region Evaluate Filter/Sort
+            //  All of this mess below is because we want to create index only once.
+            //
+            //  If we only have filter, we set _view.Predicate       - 1 index creation
+            //  If we only have sort, we set _view.SortExpression()  - 1 index creation
+            //  If we have BOTH, we set them through the constructor - 1 index creation
+            //
+
+            // Filter AND Sort
+            if ((null != finalPredicate) && (0 < _sortExpression.Count))
+            {
+                // A lot more work here because constructor does not know type K,
+                // so the responsibility to create appropriate delegate comparers
+                // is outside of the constructor.
+
+                view = new LinqDataView(
+                               _table,
+                               finalPredicate,                      //Func() Predicate
+                               delegate(DataRow row)                //System.Predicate
+                               {
+                                   return finalPredicate(row);
+                               },
+                               delegate(DataRow a, DataRow b)       //Comparison for DV for Index creation
+                               {
+                                   return _sortExpression.Compare(
+                                            _sortExpression.Select((TRow)(object)a),
+                                            _sortExpression.Select((TRow)(object)b)
+                                       );
+                               },
+                               delegate(object key, DataRow row)    //Comparison_K_T for DV's Find()
+                               {
+                                   return _sortExpression.Compare(
+                                        (List<object>)key,
+                                        _sortExpression.Select((TRow)(object)row)
+                                      );
+                               },
+                                _sortExpression.CloneCast<DataRow>());
+            }
+            else if (null != finalPredicate)
+            {
+                //Only Filtering
+                view = new LinqDataView(
+                                    _table,
+                                    finalPredicate,
+                                    delegate(DataRow row)                //System.Predicate
+                                    {
+                                        return finalPredicate(row);
+                                    },
+                                    null,
+                                    null,
+                                    _sortExpression.CloneCast<DataRow>());
+            }
+            else if (0 < _sortExpression.Count)
+            {
+                //Only Sorting
+                view = new LinqDataView(
+                            _table,
+                            null,
+                            null,
+                            delegate(DataRow a, DataRow b)
+                            {
+                                return _sortExpression.Compare(_sortExpression.Select((TRow)(object)a), _sortExpression.Select((TRow)(object)b));
+                            },
+                            delegate(object key, DataRow row)
+                            {
+                                return _sortExpression.Compare((List<object>)key, _sortExpression.Select((TRow)(object)row));
+                            },
+                            _sortExpression.CloneCast<DataRow>());
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                view = new LinqDataView(_table, _sortExpression.CloneCast<DataRow>());
+            }
+            #endregion Evaluate Filter and Sort
+
+            return view;
+        }
+
+
+        #region Add Single Filter/Sort Expression
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Used to add a filter predicate.
+        /// A conjunction of all predicates are evaluated in LinqDataView
+        /// </summary>
+        internal void AddPredicate(Func<TRow, bool> pred)
+        {
+            Debug.Assert(pred != null);
+            _listOfPredicates.Add(pred);
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Adds a sort expression when Keyselector is provided but not Comparer
+        /// </summary>
+        internal void AddSortExpression<TKey>(Func<TRow, TKey> keySelector, bool isDescending, bool isOrderBy)
+        {
+            AddSortExpression<TKey>(keySelector, Comparer<TKey>.Default, isDescending, isOrderBy);
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Adds a sort expression when Keyselector and Comparer are provided.
+        /// </summary>
+        internal void AddSortExpression<TKey>(
+                            Func<TRow, TKey> keySelector,
+                            IComparer<TKey> comparer,
+                            bool isDescending,
+                            bool isOrderBy)
+        {
+            DataSetUtil.CheckArgumentNull(keySelector, "keySelector");
+            DataSetUtil.CheckArgumentNull(comparer, "comparer");
+
+            _sortExpression.Add(
+                    delegate(TRow input)
+                    {
+                        return (object)keySelector(input);
+                    },
+                    delegate(object val1, object val2)
+                    {
+                        return (isDescending ? -1 : 1) * comparer.Compare((TKey)val1, (TKey)val2);
+                    },
+                      isOrderBy);
+        }
+
+        #endregion Add Single Filter/Sort Expression
+
+    }
+
+}

mcs/class/referencesource/System.Data.DataSetExtensions/System/Data/EnumerableRowCollectionExtensions.cs

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+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// <copyright file="EnumRowCollectionExtensions.cs" company="Microsoft">
+//     Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.
+// </copyright>
+// <owner current="true" primary="true">[....]</owner>
+// <owner current="true" primary="false">[....]</owner>
+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Linq.Expressions;
+using System.Globalization;
+using System.Diagnostics;
+
+namespace System.Data
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// This static class defines the extension methods that add LINQ operator functionality
+    /// within IEnumerableDT and IOrderedEnumerableDT.
+    /// </summary>
+    public static class EnumerableRowCollectionExtensions
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// LINQ's Where operator for generic EnumerableRowCollection.
+        /// </summary>
+        public static EnumerableRowCollection<TRow> Where<TRow>(
+                                                this EnumerableRowCollection<TRow> source,
+                                                Func<TRow, bool> predicate)
+        {
+            EnumerableRowCollection<TRow> edt =
+                new EnumerableRowCollection<TRow>(source, Enumerable.Where<TRow>(source, predicate), null); //copy constructor
+            edt.AddPredicate(predicate);
+            return edt;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// LINQ's OrderBy operator for generic EnumerableRowCollection.
+        /// </summary>
+        public static OrderedEnumerableRowCollection<TRow> OrderBy<TRow, TKey>(
+                                                        this EnumerableRowCollection<TRow> source,
+                                                        Func<TRow, TKey> keySelector)
+        {
+            IEnumerable<TRow> ie = Enumerable.OrderBy<TRow, TKey>(source, keySelector);
+
+            OrderedEnumerableRowCollection<TRow> edt = new OrderedEnumerableRowCollection<TRow>(source, ie);
+            edt.AddSortExpression(keySelector, false, true);
+            return edt;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// LINQ's OrderBy operator for generic EnumerableRowCollection.
+        /// </summary>
+        public static OrderedEnumerableRowCollection<TRow> OrderBy<TRow, TKey>(
+                                                        this EnumerableRowCollection<TRow> source,
+                                                        Func<TRow, TKey> keySelector,
+                                                        IComparer<TKey> comparer)
+        {
+            IEnumerable<TRow> ie = Enumerable.OrderBy<TRow, TKey>(source, keySelector, comparer);
+            OrderedEnumerableRowCollection<TRow> edt = new OrderedEnumerableRowCollection<TRow>(source, ie);
+            edt.AddSortExpression(keySelector, comparer, false, true);
+            return edt;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// LINQ's OrderByDescending operator for generic EnumerableRowCollection.
+        /// </summary>
+        public static OrderedEnumerableRowCollection<TRow> OrderByDescending<TRow, TKey>(
+                                                        this EnumerableRowCollection<TRow> source,
+                                                        Func<TRow, TKey> keySelector)
+        {
+            IEnumerable<TRow> ie = Enumerable.OrderByDescending<TRow, TKey>(source, keySelector);
+
+            OrderedEnumerableRowCollection<TRow> edt = new OrderedEnumerableRowCollection<TRow>(source, ie);
+            edt.AddSortExpression(keySelector, true, true);
+            return edt;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// LINQ's OrderByDescending operator for generic EnumerableRowCollection.
+        /// </summary>
+        public static OrderedEnumerableRowCollection<TRow> OrderByDescending<TRow, TKey>(
+                                                        this EnumerableRowCollection<TRow> source,
+                                                        Func<TRow, TKey> keySelector,
+                                                        IComparer<TKey> comparer)
+        {
+            IEnumerable<TRow> ie = Enumerable.OrderByDescending<TRow, TKey>(source, keySelector, comparer);
+
+            OrderedEnumerableRowCollection<TRow> edt = new OrderedEnumerableRowCollection<TRow>(source, ie);
+            edt.AddSortExpression(keySelector, comparer, true, true);
+            return edt;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// LINQ's ThenBy operator for generic EnumerableRowCollection.
+        /// </summary>
+        public static OrderedEnumerableRowCollection<TRow> ThenBy<TRow, TKey>(
+                                                        this OrderedEnumerableRowCollection<TRow> source,
+                                                        Func<TRow, TKey> keySelector)
+        {
+            IEnumerable<TRow> ie =
+                Enumerable.ThenBy<TRow, TKey>((IOrderedEnumerable<TRow>)source.EnumerableRows, keySelector);
+
+            OrderedEnumerableRowCollection<TRow> edt =
+                new OrderedEnumerableRowCollection<TRow>((EnumerableRowCollection<TRow>)source, ie);
+
+            edt.AddSortExpression(keySelector, /*isDesc*/ false, /*isOrderBy*/ false);
+            return edt;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// LINQ's ThenBy operator for generic EnumerableRowCollection.
+        /// </summary>
+        public static OrderedEnumerableRowCollection<TRow> ThenBy<TRow, TKey>(
+                                                        this OrderedEnumerableRowCollection<TRow> source,
+                                                        Func<TRow, TKey> keySelector,
+                                                        IComparer<TKey> comparer)
+        {
+            IEnumerable<TRow> ie =
+                Enumerable.ThenBy<TRow, TKey>((IOrderedEnumerable<TRow>)source.EnumerableRows, keySelector, comparer);
+
+            OrderedEnumerableRowCollection<TRow> edt =
+                new OrderedEnumerableRowCollection<TRow>((EnumerableRowCollection<TRow>)source, ie);
+
+            edt.AddSortExpression(keySelector, comparer, false, false);
+            return edt;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// LINQ's ThenByDescending operator for generic EnumerableRowCollection.
+        /// </summary>
+        public static OrderedEnumerableRowCollection<TRow> ThenByDescending<TRow, TKey>(
+                                                        this OrderedEnumerableRowCollection<TRow> source,
+                                                        Func<TRow, TKey> keySelector)
+        {
+            IEnumerable<TRow> ie =
+                Enumerable.ThenByDescending<TRow, TKey>((IOrderedEnumerable<TRow>)source.EnumerableRows, keySelector);
+
+            OrderedEnumerableRowCollection<TRow> edt =
+                new OrderedEnumerableRowCollection<TRow>((EnumerableRowCollection<TRow>)source, ie);
+
+            edt.AddSortExpression(keySelector, /*desc*/ true, false);
+            return edt;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// LINQ's ThenByDescending operator for generic EnumerableRowCollection.
+        /// </summary>
+        public static OrderedEnumerableRowCollection<TRow> ThenByDescending<TRow, TKey>(
+                                                        this OrderedEnumerableRowCollection<TRow> source,
+                                                        Func<TRow, TKey> keySelector,
+                                                        IComparer<TKey> comparer)
+        {
+            IEnumerable<TRow> ie =
+                Enumerable.ThenByDescending<TRow, TKey>((IOrderedEnumerable<TRow>)source.EnumerableRows, keySelector, comparer);
+
+            OrderedEnumerableRowCollection<TRow> edt =
+                new OrderedEnumerableRowCollection<TRow>((EnumerableRowCollection<TRow>)source, ie);
+
+            edt.AddSortExpression(keySelector, comparer, true, false);
+            return edt;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Executes a Select (Projection) on EnumerableDataTable. If the selector returns a different
+        /// type than the type of rows, then AsLinqDataView is disabled, and the returning EnumerableDataTable
+        /// represents an enumerable over the LINQ Query.
+        /// </summary>
+        public static EnumerableRowCollection<S> Select<TRow, S>(
+                                                this EnumerableRowCollection<TRow> source,
+                                                Func<TRow, S> selector)
+        {
+            //Anonymous type or some other type
+            //The only thing that matters from this point on is _enumerableRows
+
+            IEnumerable<S> typedEnumerable = Enumerable.Select<TRow, S>(source, selector);
+
+            // Dont need predicates or sort expression from this point on since we know
+            // AsLinqDataView is disabled.
+            return new EnumerableRowCollection<S>(((object)source) as EnumerableRowCollection<S>,
+                                                  typedEnumerable,
+                                                  ((object)selector) as Func<S,S>);
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Casts an EnumerableDataTable_TSource into EnumerableDataTable_TResult
+        /// </summary>
+        public static EnumerableRowCollection<TResult> Cast<TResult>(this EnumerableRowCollection source)
+        {
+            // Since Cast does not have the signature Cast_T_R(..) this call is routed
+            // through the non-generic base class EnumerableDataTable
+
+            if ((null != source) && source.ElementType.Equals(typeof(TResult)))
+            {
+                return (EnumerableRowCollection<TResult>)(object)source;
+            }
+            else
+            {   //Anonymous type or some other type
+                //The only thing that matters from this point on is _enumerableRows
+
+                IEnumerable<TResult> typedEnumerable = Enumerable.Cast<TResult>(source);
+
+                EnumerableRowCollection<TResult> newEdt = new EnumerableRowCollection<TResult>(
+                    typedEnumerable,
+                    typeof(TResult).IsAssignableFrom(source.ElementType) && typeof(DataRow).IsAssignableFrom(typeof(TResult)),
+                    source.Table);
+
+                return newEdt;
+            }
+        }
+    } //end class
+}

mcs/class/referencesource/System.Data.DataSetExtensions/System/Data/LinqDataView.cs

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+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// <copyright file="LinqDataView.cs" company="Microsoft">
+//     Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.
+// </copyright>
+// <owner current="true" primary="true">[....]</owner>
+// <owner current="true" primary="false">[....]</owner>
+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+using System;
+using System.Collections;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Diagnostics;
+using System.ComponentModel;
+using System.Data;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Data.DataSetExtensions;
+
+namespace System.Data
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Represents a bindable, queryable DataView of DataRow, that can be created from from LINQ queries over DataTable
+    /// and from DataTable. 
+    /// </summary>
+    internal class LinqDataView : DataView, IBindingList, IBindingListView
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// A Comparer that compares a Key and a Row.
+        /// </summary>
+        internal Func<object, DataRow, int> comparerKeyRow;  // comparer for DataView.Find(..
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Builds the sort expression in case multiple selector/comparers are added
+        /// </summary>
+        internal readonly SortExpressionBuilder<DataRow> sortExpressionBuilder;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Constructs a LinkDataView and its parent DataView.
+        /// Does not create index on the DataView since filter and sort expressions are not yet provided.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="table">The input table from which LinkDataView is to be created.</param>
+        internal LinqDataView(DataTable table, SortExpressionBuilder<DataRow> sortExpressionBuilder)
+            : base(table)
+        {
+            Debug.Assert(table != null, "null DataTable");
+            this.sortExpressionBuilder = sortExpressionBuilder ?? new SortExpressionBuilder<DataRow>();
+        }
+
+
+        //I have two forms of predicate because I need to pass in null if predicate is null. Otherwise I need to convert it into delegate and pass it into
+        // data view's constructor. That logic for checking null can't be embedded in the base constructor call.
+        /// <summary>
+        /// 
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="table">Table from which to create the view</param>
+        /// <param name="predicate_func">User-provided filter-predicate as a Func<DataRow>, bool>"/></param>
+        /// <param name="predicate_system">User-provided predicate but in the form of System.Predicate<DataRow>
+        /// Predicates are being replicated in different forms so that nulls can be passed in.
+        /// For e.g. when user provides null predicate, base.Predicate should be set to null. I cant do that in the constructor initialization
+        /// if I will have to create System.Predicate delegate from Func.
+        /// </param>
+        /// <param name="comparison">The comparer function of DataRow to be used for sorting. </param>
+        /// <param name="comparerKeyRow">A comparer function that compares a Key value to DataRow.</param>
+        /// <param name="isDescending">Whether sorting is ascending or descending.</param>
+        /// <param name="rowState">Row state filter. For the purpose of LinkDataView it should always be CurrentRows.</param>
+        internal LinqDataView(
+                    DataTable table,
+                    Func<DataRow, bool> predicate_func,
+                    Predicate<DataRow> predicate_system,
+                    Comparison<DataRow> comparison,
+                    Func<object, DataRow, int> comparerKeyRow,
+                    SortExpressionBuilder<DataRow> sortExpressionBuilder)
+
+                //Parent constructor
+            : base(table,
+                predicate_system,
+                comparison,
+                DataViewRowState.CurrentRows)
+        {
+            this.sortExpressionBuilder = (sortExpressionBuilder == null) ? this.sortExpressionBuilder : sortExpressionBuilder;    
+            this.comparerKeyRow = comparerKeyRow;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets or sets the expression used to filter which rows are viewed in the LinqDataView
+        /// </summary>
+        public override string RowFilter
+        {
+            get
+            {
+                if (base.RowPredicate == null)//using string based filter or no filter
+                {
+                    return base.RowFilter;
+                }
+                else //using expression based filter
+                {
+                    return null;
+                }
+            }
+
+            set
+            {
+                if (value == null) 
+                {
+                    base.RowPredicate = null;
+                    base.RowFilter = String.Empty; //INDEX rebuild twice
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    base.RowFilter = value;
+                    base.RowPredicate = null;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        #region Find
+        
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Searches the index and finds a single row where the sort-key matches the input key
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="key">Value of the key to find</param>
+        /// <returns>Index of the first match of input key</returns>
+        internal override int FindByKey(object key)
+        {
+            /////////////// Preconditions ////////////////
+            //check that both string and expression based sort are never simultaneously set
+            Debug.Assert(base.Sort != null);
+            Debug.Assert(!(!String.IsNullOrEmpty(base.Sort) && base.SortComparison != null));
+            /////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+            if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(base.Sort))  //use find for DV's sort string
+            {
+                return base.FindByKey(key);
+            }
+            else if (base.SortComparison == null) //neither string or expr set
+            {
+                //This is the exception message from DataView that we want to use
+                throw ExceptionBuilder.IndexKeyLength(0, 0);
+            }
+            else  //find for expression based sort
+            {
+                if (sortExpressionBuilder.Count !=1)
+                    throw DataSetUtil.InvalidOperation(Strings.LDV_InvalidNumOfKeys(sortExpressionBuilder.Count));
+
+                Index.ComparisonBySelector<object, DataRow> compareDelg =
+                    new Index.ComparisonBySelector<object, DataRow>(comparerKeyRow);
+
+                List<object> keyList = new List<object>();
+                keyList.Add(key);
+                Range range = FindRecords<object, DataRow>(compareDelg, keyList);
+               
+                return (range.Count == 0) ? -1 : range.Min;
+            }
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Since LinkDataView does not support multiple selectors/comparers, it does not make sense for
+        /// them to Find using multiple keys.
+        /// This overriden method prevents users calling multi-key find on dataview.
+        /// </summary>
+        internal override int FindByKey(object[] key)
+        {
+            //---------Checks ----------------
+            //must have string or expression based sort specified
+            if (base.SortComparison == null && String.IsNullOrEmpty(base.Sort)) 
+            {
+                //This is the exception message from DataView that we want to use
+                throw ExceptionBuilder.IndexKeyLength(0, 0);
+            }
+            else if (base.SortComparison != null && key.Length != sortExpressionBuilder.Count)
+            {
+                throw DataSetUtil.InvalidOperation(Strings.LDV_InvalidNumOfKeys(sortExpressionBuilder.Count));
+            }
+            //--------------------------------
+
+            if (base.SortComparison == null)//using string to sort
+                return base.FindByKey(key);
+            else
+            {
+                Index.ComparisonBySelector<object, DataRow> compareDelg =
+                    new Index.ComparisonBySelector<object, DataRow>(comparerKeyRow);
+
+                List<object> keyList = new List<object>();
+                foreach (object singleKey in key)
+                {
+                    keyList.Add(singleKey);    
+                }
+                Range range = FindRecords<object, DataRow>(compareDelg, keyList);
+                return (range.Count == 0) ? -1 : range.Min;
+            }
+               
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Searches the index and finds rows where the sort-key matches the input key.
+        /// Since LinkDataView does not support multiple selectors/comparers, it does not make sense for
+        /// them to Find using multiple keys. This overriden method prevents users calling multi-key find on dataview.
+        /// </summary>
+        internal override DataRowView[] FindRowsByKey(object[] key)
+        {
+            //---------Checks ----------------
+            //must have string or expression based sort specified
+            if (base.SortComparison == null && String.IsNullOrEmpty(base.Sort))
+            {
+                //This is the exception message from DataView that we want to use
+                throw ExceptionBuilder.IndexKeyLength(0, 0);
+            }
+            else if (base.SortComparison != null && key.Length != sortExpressionBuilder.Count)
+            {
+                throw DataSetUtil.InvalidOperation(Strings.LDV_InvalidNumOfKeys(sortExpressionBuilder.Count));
+            }
+            //--------------------------------
+
+            if (base.SortComparison == null)//using string to sort
+            {
+                return base.FindRowsByKey(key);
+            }
+            else 
+            {
+                Range range = FindRecords<object, DataRow>(
+                    new Index.ComparisonBySelector<object, DataRow>(comparerKeyRow),
+                    new List<object>(key));
+                return base.GetDataRowViewFromRange(range);
+            }
+        }
+        #endregion
+
+
+        #region Misc Overrides
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Overriding DataView's SetIndex to prevent users from setting RowState filter to anything other
+        /// than CurrentRows.
+        /// </summary>
+        internal override void SetIndex(string newSort, DataViewRowState newRowStates, IFilter newRowFilter)
+        {
+            //Throw only if expressions (filter or sort) are used and rowstate is not current rows        
+            if ( (base.SortComparison != null || base.RowPredicate != null)
+                    && newRowStates != DataViewRowState.CurrentRows)
+            {
+                throw DataSetUtil.Argument(Strings.LDVRowStateError);
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                base.SetIndex(newSort, newRowStates, newRowFilter);
+            }
+        }
+
+        #endregion
+
+        #region IBindingList
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Clears both expression-based and DataView's string-based sorting.
+        /// </summary>
+        void IBindingList.RemoveSort()
+        {
+            base.Sort = String.Empty;
+            base.SortComparison = null;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Overrides IBindingList's SortProperty so that it returns null if expression based sort
+        /// is used in the LinkDataView, otherwise it defers the result to DataView
+        /// </summary>
+        PropertyDescriptor IBindingList.SortProperty
+        {
+            get
+            {
+                return (base.SortComparison == null) ? base.GetSortProperty() : null;
+            }
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Overrides IBindingList's SortDescriptions so that it returns null if expression based sort
+        /// is used in the LinkDataView, otherwise it defers the result to DataView
+        /// </summary>
+        ListSortDescriptionCollection IBindingListView.SortDescriptions
+        {
+            get
+            {
+                if (base.SortComparison == null)
+                {
+                    return base.GetSortDescriptions();
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    return new ListSortDescriptionCollection();
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Tells whether the LinqDataView is sorted or not
+        /// </summary>
+        bool IBindingList.IsSorted
+        {
+            get
+            {   //Sorted if either expression based sort or string based sort is set
+                return !(base.SortComparison == null && base.Sort.Length == 0);
+            }
+        }
+
+        #endregion
+    } 
+}
+

mcs/class/referencesource/System.Data.DataSetExtensions/System/Data/OrderedEnumerableRowCollection.cs

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+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// <copyright file="OrderedEnumerableRowCollection.cs" company="Microsoft">
+//     Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.
+// </copyright>
+// <owner current="true" primary="true">[....]</owner>
+// <owner current="true" primary="false">[....]</owner>
+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Collections;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Data;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Diagnostics;
+
+namespace System.Data
+{
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// This class provides a wrapper for DataTables representing an ordered sequence.
+    /// </summary>
+    public sealed class OrderedEnumerableRowCollection<TRow> : EnumerableRowCollection<TRow>
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Copy Constructor that sets enumerableRows to the one given in the input
+        /// </summary>
+        internal OrderedEnumerableRowCollection(EnumerableRowCollection<TRow> enumerableTable, IEnumerable<TRow> enumerableRows)
+            : base(enumerableTable, enumerableRows, null)
+        {
+
+        }
+    }
+}

mcs/class/referencesource/System.Data.DataSetExtensions/System/Data/ShippingAssemblyAttribute.cs

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+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// <copyright file="ShippingAssemblyAttribute.cs" company="Microsoft">
+//     Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.
+// </copyright>
+// <owner current="true" primary="true">markash</owner>
+// <owner current="true" primary="false">stevesta</owner>
+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+[assembly: System.Security.SecurityCritical]

mcs/class/referencesource/System.Data.DataSetExtensions/System/Data/SortExpressionBuilder.cs

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+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// <copyright file="EnumerableDataTable.cs" company="Microsoft">
+//     Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.
+// </copyright>
+// <owner current="true" primary="true">[....]</owner>
+// <owner current="true" primary="false">[....]</owner>
+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Collections;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Data;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Diagnostics;
+
+namespace System.Data
+{
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// This class represents a combined sort expression build using mutiple sort expressions.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <typeparam name="T"></typeparam>
+    internal class SortExpressionBuilder<T> : IComparer<List<object>> 
+    {
+        /**
+         *  This class ensures multiple orderby/thenbys are handled correctly. Its semantics is as follows:
+         *  
+         * Query 1:
+         * orderby a
+         * thenby  b
+         * orderby c
+         * orderby d
+         * thenby  e
+         * 
+         * is equivalent to:
+         * 
+         * Query 2:
+         * orderby d
+         * thenby  e
+         * thenby  c
+         * thenby  a
+         * thenby  b
+         * 
+         **/
+
+        //Selectors and comparers are mapped using the index in the list.
+        //E.g: _comparers[i] is used with _selectors[i]
+
+        LinkedList<Func<T, object>> _selectors = new LinkedList<Func<T, object>>();
+        LinkedList<Comparison<object>> _comparers = new LinkedList<Comparison<object>>();
+
+        LinkedListNode<Func<T, object>> _currentSelector = null;
+        LinkedListNode<Comparison<object>> _currentComparer = null;
+
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Adds a sorting selector/comparer in the correct order
+        /// </summary>
+        internal void Add(Func<T, object> keySelector, Comparison<object> compare, bool isOrderBy)
+        {
+            Debug.Assert(keySelector != null);
+            Debug.Assert(compare != null);
+            //Inputs are assumed to be valid. The burden for ensuring it is on the caller.
+
+            if (isOrderBy)
+            {
+                _currentSelector = _selectors.AddFirst(keySelector);
+                _currentComparer = _comparers.AddFirst(compare);
+            }
+            else 
+            {   
+                //ThenBy can only be called after OrderBy
+                Debug.Assert(_currentSelector != null);
+                Debug.Assert(_currentComparer != null);
+
+                _currentSelector = _selectors.AddAfter(_currentSelector, keySelector);
+                _currentComparer = _comparers.AddAfter(_currentComparer, compare);
+            }
+        }
+
+        
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Represents a Combined selector of all selectors added thusfar.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <returns>List of 'objects returned by each selector'. This list is the combined-selector</returns>
+        public List<object> Select(T row)
+        {
+            List<object> result = new List<object>();
+            
+            foreach (Func<T, object> selector in _selectors)
+            {
+                result.Add(selector(row));
+            }    
+            
+            return result;
+        }
+
+
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Represents a Comparer (of IComparer) that compares two combined-selectors using
+        /// provided comparers for each individual selector.
+        /// Note: Comparison is done in the order it was Added.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <returns>Comparison result of the combined Sort comparer expression</returns>
+        public int Compare(List<object> a, List<object> b)
+        {
+            Debug.Assert(a.Count == Count);
+
+            int i = 0;
+            foreach (Comparison<object> compare in _comparers)
+            {
+                int result = compare(a[i], b[i]);
+
+                if (result != 0)
+                {
+                    return result;
+                }
+                i++;
+            }
+
+            return 0;
+        }
+
+        internal int Count
+        {
+            get
+            {
+                Debug.Assert(_selectors.Count == _comparers.Count); //weak now that we have two dimensions
+                return _selectors.Count;
+            }
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Clones the SortexpressionBuilder and returns a new object 
+        /// that points to same comparer and selectors (in the same order).
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        internal SortExpressionBuilder<T> Clone() 
+        {
+            SortExpressionBuilder<T> builder = new SortExpressionBuilder<T>();
+
+            foreach (Func<T, object> selector in _selectors)
+            {
+                if (selector == _currentSelector.Value)
+                {
+                    builder._currentSelector = builder._selectors.AddLast(selector);
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    builder._selectors.AddLast(selector);
+                }
+            }
+            
+
+            foreach (Comparison<object> comparer in _comparers)
+            {
+                if (comparer == _currentComparer.Value)
+                {
+                    builder._currentComparer = builder._comparers.AddLast(comparer);
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    builder._comparers.AddLast(comparer);
+                }
+            }
+
+            return builder;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Clones the SortExpressinBuilder and casts to type TResult.
+        /// </summary>
+        internal SortExpressionBuilder<TResult> CloneCast<TResult>()
+        {
+            SortExpressionBuilder<TResult> builder = new SortExpressionBuilder<TResult>();
+
+            foreach (Func<T, object> selector in _selectors)
+            {
+                if (selector == _currentSelector.Value)
+                {
+                    builder._currentSelector = builder._selectors.AddLast(r => selector((T)(object)r));
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    builder._selectors.AddLast(r => selector((T)(object)r));
+                }
+            }
+
+
+            foreach (Comparison<object> comparer in _comparers)
+            {
+                if (comparer == _currentComparer.Value)
+                {
+                    builder._currentComparer = builder._comparers.AddLast(comparer);
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    builder._comparers.AddLast(comparer);
+                }
+            }
+
+            return builder;
+        }
+
+    } //end SortExpressionBuilder<T>
+}

mcs/class/referencesource/System.Data.DataSetExtensions/System/Data/TypedTableBase.cs

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+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// <copyright file="TypedTableBase.cs" company="Microsoft">
+//     Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.
+// </copyright>
+// <owner current="true" primary="true">[....]</owner>
+// <owner current="true" primary="false">spather</owner>
+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Collections;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Linq.Expressions;
+using System.Runtime.Serialization;
+
+namespace System.Data {
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// This is the generic base class for TypedDataSet
+    /// </summary>
+    [Serializable]
+    public abstract class TypedTableBase<T> : DataTable, IEnumerable<T> where T : DataRow {
+
+        /// <summary>
+        ///   Default constructor for generic TypedTableBase.
+        ///   Will be called by generated Typed DataSet classes and is not for public use.
+        /// </summary>
+        protected TypedTableBase() : base() {}
+
+        /// <summary>
+        ///   Constructor for the generic TypedTableBase with takes SerializationInfo and StreamingContext.
+        ///   Will be called by generated Typed DataSet classes and
+        ///   is not for public use.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="info">
+        ///   SerializationInfo containing data to construct the object.
+        /// </param>
+        /// <param name="context">
+        ///   The streaming context for the object being deserializad.
+        /// </param>
+        protected TypedTableBase(System.Runtime.Serialization.SerializationInfo info, System.Runtime.Serialization.StreamingContext context)
+            : base(info, context) {}
+
+        /// <summary>
+        ///   This property returns a enumerator of T for the TypedTable.  Note, this could
+        ///   execute the underlying Linq expression.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <returns>
+        ///   IEnumerable of T.
+        /// </returns>
+        public IEnumerator<T> GetEnumerator() {
+            return this.Rows.Cast<T>().GetEnumerator();
+        }
+
+        IEnumerator IEnumerable.GetEnumerator() {
+            return GetEnumerator();
+        }
+
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Casts an EnumerableDataTable_TSource into EnumerableDataTable_TResult
+        /// </summary>
+        public EnumerableRowCollection<TResult> Cast<TResult>()
+        {
+            EnumerableRowCollection<T> erc = new EnumerableRowCollection<T>((DataTable)this);
+            return erc.Cast<TResult>();
+        }
+
+    }
+}

mcs/class/referencesource/System.Data.DataSetExtensions/System/Data/TypedTableBaseExtensions.cs

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+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// <copyright file="EnumRowCollectionExtensions.cs" company="Microsoft">
+//     Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.
+// </copyright>
+// <owner current="true" primary="true">[....]</owner>
+// <owner current="true" primary="false">[....]</owner>
+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Linq.Expressions;
+using System.Globalization;
+using System.Diagnostics;
+
+namespace System.Data
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// This static class defines the extension methods that add LINQ operator functionality
+    /// within IEnumerableDT and IOrderedEnumerableDT.
+    /// </summary>
+    public static class TypedTableBaseExtensions
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// LINQ's Where operator for generic EnumerableRowCollection.
+        /// </summary>
+        public static EnumerableRowCollection<TRow> Where<TRow>(
+                                                this TypedTableBase<TRow> source,
+                                                Func<TRow, bool> predicate) where TRow : DataRow
+        {
+            DataSetUtil.CheckArgumentNull(source, "source");
+            EnumerableRowCollection<TRow> erc = new EnumerableRowCollection<TRow>((DataTable)source);
+            return erc.Where<TRow>(predicate);
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// LINQ's OrderBy operator for generic EnumerableRowCollection.
+        /// </summary>
+        public static OrderedEnumerableRowCollection<TRow> OrderBy<TRow, TKey>(
+                                                        this TypedTableBase<TRow> source,
+                                                        Func<TRow, TKey> keySelector) where TRow : DataRow
+        {
+            DataSetUtil.CheckArgumentNull(source, "source");
+            EnumerableRowCollection<TRow> erc = new EnumerableRowCollection<TRow>((DataTable)source);
+            return erc.OrderBy<TRow, TKey>(keySelector);
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// LINQ's OrderBy operator for generic EnumerableRowCollection.
+        /// </summary>
+        public static OrderedEnumerableRowCollection<TRow> OrderBy<TRow, TKey>(
+                                                        this TypedTableBase<TRow> source,
+                                                        Func<TRow, TKey> keySelector,
+                                                        IComparer<TKey> comparer) where TRow : DataRow
+        {
+            DataSetUtil.CheckArgumentNull(source, "source");
+            EnumerableRowCollection<TRow> erc = new EnumerableRowCollection<TRow>((DataTable)source);
+            return erc.OrderBy<TRow, TKey>(keySelector, comparer);
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// LINQ's OrderByDescending operator for generic EnumerableRowCollection.
+        /// </summary>
+        public static OrderedEnumerableRowCollection<TRow> OrderByDescending<TRow, TKey>(
+                                                        this TypedTableBase<TRow> source,
+                                                        Func<TRow, TKey> keySelector) where TRow : DataRow
+        {
+            DataSetUtil.CheckArgumentNull(source, "source");
+            EnumerableRowCollection<TRow> erc = new EnumerableRowCollection<TRow>((DataTable)source);
+            return erc.OrderByDescending<TRow, TKey>(keySelector);
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// LINQ's OrderByDescending operator for generic EnumerableRowCollection.
+        /// </summary>
+        public static OrderedEnumerableRowCollection<TRow> OrderByDescending<TRow, TKey>(
+                                                        this TypedTableBase<TRow> source,
+                                                        Func<TRow, TKey> keySelector,
+                                                        IComparer<TKey> comparer) where TRow : DataRow
+        {
+            DataSetUtil.CheckArgumentNull(source, "source");
+            EnumerableRowCollection<TRow> erc = new EnumerableRowCollection<TRow>((DataTable)source);
+            return erc.OrderByDescending<TRow, TKey>(keySelector, comparer);
+        }
+
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Executes a Select (Projection) on EnumerableDataTable. If the selector returns a different
+        /// type than the type of rows, then AsLinqDataView is disabled, and the returning EnumerableDataTable
+        /// represents an enumerable over the LINQ Query.
+        /// </summary>
+        public static EnumerableRowCollection<S> Select<TRow, S>(
+                                                this TypedTableBase<TRow> source,
+                                                Func<TRow, S> selector) where TRow : DataRow
+        {
+            DataSetUtil.CheckArgumentNull(source, "source");
+            EnumerableRowCollection<TRow> erc = new EnumerableRowCollection<TRow>((DataTable)source);
+            return erc.Select<TRow, S>(selector);
+        }
+
+
+
+
+
+        /// <summary>
+        ///   This method returns a IEnumerable of TRow.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="source">
+        ///   The source DataTable to make enumerable.
+        /// </param>
+        /// <returns>
+        ///   IEnumerable of datarows.
+        /// </returns>
+        public static EnumerableRowCollection<TRow> AsEnumerable<TRow>(this TypedTableBase<TRow> source) where TRow : DataRow
+        {
+            DataSetUtil.CheckArgumentNull(source, "source");
+            return new EnumerableRowCollection<TRow>(source as DataTable);
+        }
+
+        public static TRow ElementAtOrDefault<TRow>(this TypedTableBase<TRow> source, int index) where TRow : DataRow
+        {
+            if ((index >= 0) && (index < source.Rows.Count)) 
+            {
+                return (TRow)source.Rows[index];
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                return default(TRow);
+            }
+        }
+
+    } //end class
+}