How to search List<> with Json Generic deserialized object

Question

I need to filter a generic List with data from a Json object. I have the deserialized object in a list with {name:'', value:''}. I need to search a data contract (which is also a list) with name as the field to search, and value as the value of the field. How do I accomplish these as they are generic. Here is the method:

public List<StaffingPositionsDataContract> GetStaffingPosition(string searchFilters)
{
    List<serializedForm> deserializedObject = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<List<serializedForm>>(searchFilters);
    List<StaffingPositionsDataContract> staffingPositionResponse = new StaffingPositionsDataContract().LoadMockData();

    deserializedObject.ForEach(delegate(serializedForm filter) {


       });

    return staffingPositionResponse;
}

I wanted to try something simple as this:

var query = staffingPositionResponse .Where(filter.name + ".Contains(@0)", filter.value);

But Where does not except 2 arguments. Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

Why not use something like

List<SerializedForm >.FindAll( delegate(SerializedForm filter)
{
   return filter.name.IndexOf(filter.value) != -1;
});

Answer 2

Thanks a million Peter! Here is what I ended up with to suit my needs:

   private bool DoesContractMeetFilter(List<SerializedForm> filters, StaffingPositionsDataContract position)
    {   
        return filters.FindAll(delegate(SerializedForm filter)
        {
            return string.Equals(position.PositionId.ToString(), filter.value) && 
                string.Equals(position.Series, filter.value) &&
                string.Equals(position.OrgLocation,filter.value) &&
                string.Equals(position.DutyStation, filter.value) &&
                string.Equals(position.BudgetStatus, filter.value)&&
                string.Equals(position.BudgetingEntity, filter.value) &&
                string.Equals(position.BFY, filter.value);
        }).Where(x => x.value != "" || x.value != null || x.value.ToUpper() != "ALL").Count() > 0;
    }

This works great, but I would be EXTREMELY impressed if I could globalize this so all my other data contracts could consume it!