如何改进这个排序代码？ [关闭]

我正在检查排序参数并构建一堆if声明：

if (sortDirection == "ASC")
{
    if (sortBy == "Id")
        return customerList.OrderBy(x => x.Id).Skip(startIndex).Take(pageSize).ToList();
    if (sortBy == "FirstName")
        return customerList.OrderBy(x => x.FirstName).Skip(startIndex).Take(pageSize).ToList();
    if (sortBy == "City")
        return customerList.OrderBy(x => x.City).Skip(startIndex).Take(pageSize).ToList();
}
else
{
    if (sortBy == "Id")
        return customerList.OrderByDescending(x => x.Id).Skip(startIndex).Take(pageSize).ToList();
    if (sortBy == "FirstName")
        return customerList.OrderByDescending(x => x.FirstName).Skip(startIndex).Take(pageSize).ToList();
    if (sortBy == "City")
        return customerList.OrderByDescending(x => x.City).Skip(startIndex).Take(pageSize).ToList();
}

我该如何改善？

将您的排序和查询的其余部分分开 - 每个查询的相同部分您不必在代码库中重复（保留它DRY http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_repeat_yourself):

var query = customerList;

if (sortDirection == "ASC")
{
    if (sortBy == "Id")
       query = query.OrderBy(x => x.Id);
    ///and so on
}

query = query.Skip(startIndex).Take(pageSize).ToList();