Search for Object in Generic List

Question

Is it possible to search for an object by one of its properties in a Generic List?

Public Class Customer

    Private _id As Integer

    Private _name As St         


        

Answer 1

If you are using .NET 3.5 this can be done with LINQ to Objects:

How to: Query an ArrayList with LINQ

If not, in .NET 2.0 you can use the Find method of the list.

The idea is that you will need to provide an method that return true if a property of your object satisfies a certain condition.