Dynamic sorting in Linq

Code Snippet for Dynamic orderBy in Linq

public static IQueryable<T> OrderByDynamic<T>(this IQueryable<T> query, string attribute, SortDirection direction)

        {

            try

            {

                string orderMethodName = direction == SortDirection.Ascending ? "OrderBy" : "OrderByDescending";

                Type t = typeof(T);

                var param = Expression.Parameter(t);

                var property = t.GetProperty(attribute);

                return query.Provider.CreateQuery<T>(

                    Expression.Call(

                        typeof(Queryable),

                        orderMethodName,

                        new Type[] { t, property.PropertyType },

                        query.Expression,

                        Expression.Quote(

                            Expression.Lambda(

                                Expression.Property(param, property),

                                param))

                    ));

            }

            catch (Exception)

            {

                return query; // Return unsorted query

            }

        }

How to use :

  string sort = "Status"

   var status = DBContext.Status.Where(s => s.IsDeleted == false);

   SortDirection enumSort = sortDir.ToUpper() == "ASC" ? SortDirection.Ascending : SortDirection.Descending;

   status = status.OrderByDynamic(sort, enumSort).ToList();