Hi, I have the following class:

public class Item
{
    public Dictionary<string, string> Data
    {
        get;
        set;
    }
}

and a list of it:

List<Item> items;

I need to filter and order this list dynamicly using SQL-Like strings. The catch is, that I need to order it by the Data dictionary.

For example: Order By Data["lastname"] or Where Data["Name"].StartsWith("a"). I thought to use the dynamic linq library, but is there any way that my clients can write without the Data[]? For example:

Name.StartsWith("abc")

instead of

Data["Name"].StartsWith("abc")

?

Thank you.