How can I apply a custom sort rule to a WPF DataGrid?

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this is how i do it : I do derive from the grid to keep all of this inside the class, so i attach to event handlers internally

attach to the sorting event

dataGrid.Sorting += new DataGridSortingEventHandler(SortHandler);

implement the method (i do this in a derived class)

void SortHandler(object sender, DataGridSortingEventArgs e)
{
    DataGridColumn column = e.Column;

    IComparer comparer = null;

    //i do some custom checking based on column to get the right comparer
    //i have different comparers for different columns. I also handle the sort direction
    //in my comparer

    // prevent the built-in sort from sorting
    e.Handled = true;

    ListSortDirection direction = (column.SortDirection != ListSortDirection.Ascending) ? ListSortDirection.Ascending : ListSortDirection.Descending;

    //set the sort order on the column
    column.SortDirection = direction;

    //use a ListCollectionView to do the sort.
    ListCollectionView lcv = (ListCollectionView)CollectionViewSource.GetDefaultView(this.ItemsSource);

    //this is my custom sorter it just derives from IComparer and has a few properties
    //you could just apply the comparer but i needed to do a few extra bits and pieces
    comparer = new ResultSort(direction);

    //apply the sort
    lcv.CustomSort = comparer;
}

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