Extended SieveProcessor to optionally accept a list of SieveProperties.

Sieve/Models/Allow.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+using System;
+
+namespace Sieve.Models
+{
+    [Flags]
+    public enum Allow
+    {
+        Sort = 1,
+        Filter = 2,
+        SortAndFilter = 4
+    }
+}

Sieve/Models/SieveProperty.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+using System;
+using System.Linq.Expressions;
+using System.Reflection;
+
+namespace Sieve.Models
+{
+    public class SieveProperty<TEntity>
+    {
+        public static SieveProperty<TEntity> For(Expression<Func<TEntity, object>> expression, Allow allow, string nameInQuery = null)
+        {
+            var propertyInfo = GetPropertyInfo(expression);
+
+            if (nameInQuery == null)
+                nameInQuery = propertyInfo.Name;
+
+            return new SieveProperty<TEntity>(propertyInfo, nameInQuery, allow.HasFlag(Allow.Sort), allow.HasFlag(Allow.Filter));
+        }
+
+        private static PropertyInfo GetPropertyInfo(Expression<Func<TEntity, object>> exp)
+        {
+            if (!(exp.Body is MemberExpression body))
+            {
+                var ubody = (UnaryExpression) exp.Body;
+                body = ubody.Operand as MemberExpression;
+            }
+
+            return body?.Member as PropertyInfo;
+        }
+
+        public PropertyInfo PropertyInfo { get; }
+        public string NameInQuery { get; }
+        public bool CanSort { get; }
+        public bool CanFilter { get; }
+
+        public SieveProperty(PropertyInfo propertyInfo, string nameInQuery, bool canSort, bool canFilter)
+        {
+            PropertyInfo = propertyInfo;
+            NameInQuery = nameInQuery;
+            CanSort = canSort;
+            CanFilter = canFilter;
+        }
+    }
+}

Sieve/Services/ISieveProcessor.cs

@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ namespace Sieve.Services
 {
     public interface ISieveProcessor
     {
-        IQueryable<TEntity> ApplyAll<TEntity>(ISieveModel model, IQueryable<TEntity> source, object[] dataForCustomMethods = null);
+        IQueryable<TEntity> ApplyAll<TEntity>(ISieveModel model, IQueryable<TEntity> source, SieveProperty<TEntity>[] sieveProperties = null, object[] dataForCustomMethods = null);
-        IQueryable<TEntity> ApplySorting<TEntity>(ISieveModel model, IQueryable<TEntity> result, object[] dataForCustomMethods = null);
+        IQueryable<TEntity> ApplySorting<TEntity>(ISieveModel model, IQueryable<TEntity> result, SieveProperty<TEntity>[] sieveProperties = null, object[] dataForCustomMethods = null);
-        IQueryable<TEntity> ApplyFiltering<TEntity>(ISieveModel model, IQueryable<TEntity> result, object[] dataForCustomMethods = null);
+        IQueryable<TEntity> ApplyFiltering<TEntity>(ISieveModel model, IQueryable<TEntity> result, SieveProperty<TEntity>[] sieveProperties = null, object[] dataForCustomMethods = null);
         IQueryable<TEntity> ApplyPagination<TEntity>(ISieveModel model, IQueryable<TEntity> result);
     }
 }

Sieve/Services/SieveProcessor.cs

@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ namespace Sieve.Services
         private ISieveCustomSortMethods _customSortMethods;
         private ISieveCustomFilterMethods _customFilterMethods;
 
-
         public SieveProcessor(IOptions<SieveOptions> options,
             ISieveCustomSortMethods customSortMethods,
             ISieveCustomFilterMethods customFilterMethods)
@@ -49,7 +48,11 @@ namespace Sieve.Services
             _options = options;
         }
 
-        public IQueryable<TEntity> ApplyAll<TEntity>(ISieveModel model, IQueryable<TEntity> source, object[] dataForCustomMethods = null)
+        public IQueryable<TEntity> ApplyAll<TEntity>(
+            ISieveModel model,
+            IQueryable<TEntity> source,
+            SieveProperty<TEntity>[] sieveProperties = null,
+            object[] dataForCustomMethods = null)
         {
             var result = source;
 
@@ -57,10 +60,10 @@ namespace Sieve.Services
                 return result;
 
             // Filter
-            result = ApplyFiltering(model, result, dataForCustomMethods);
+            result = ApplyFiltering(model, result, sieveProperties, dataForCustomMethods);
 
             // Sort
-            result = ApplySorting(model, result, dataForCustomMethods);
+            result = ApplySorting(model, result, sieveProperties, dataForCustomMethods);
 
             // Paginate
             result = ApplyPagination(model, result);
@@ -68,7 +71,11 @@ namespace Sieve.Services
             return result;
         }
 
-        public IQueryable<TEntity> ApplySorting<TEntity>(ISieveModel model, IQueryable<TEntity> result, object[] dataForCustomMethods = null)
+        public IQueryable<TEntity> ApplySorting<TEntity>(
+            ISieveModel model,
+            IQueryable<TEntity> result,
+            SieveProperty<TEntity>[] sieveProperties = null,
+            object[] dataForCustomMethods = null)
         {
             if (model?.SortsParsed == null)
                 return result;
@@ -76,7 +83,8 @@ namespace Sieve.Services
             var useThenBy = false;
             foreach (var sortTerm in model.SortsParsed)
             {
-                var property = GetSieveProperty<TEntity>(true, false, sortTerm.Name);
+                var property = sieveProperties?.FirstOrDefault(_ => _.NameInQuery == sortTerm.Name && _.CanSort)?.PropertyInfo 
+                               ?? GetSievePropertyViaAttribute<TEntity>(true, false, sortTerm.Name);
 
                 if (property != null)
                 {
@@ -98,14 +106,19 @@ namespace Sieve.Services
             return result;
         }
 
-        public IQueryable<TEntity> ApplyFiltering<TEntity>(ISieveModel model, IQueryable<TEntity> result, object[] dataForCustomMethods = null)
+        public IQueryable<TEntity> ApplyFiltering<TEntity>(
+            ISieveModel model,
+            IQueryable<TEntity> result,
+            SieveProperty<TEntity>[] sieveProperties = null,
+            object[] dataForCustomMethods = null)
         {
             if (model?.FiltersParsed == null)
                 return result;
 
             foreach (var filterTerm in model.FiltersParsed)
             {
-                var property = GetSieveProperty<TEntity>(false, true, filterTerm.Name);
+                var property = sieveProperties?.FirstOrDefault(_ => _.NameInQuery == filterTerm.Name && _.CanFilter)?.PropertyInfo 
+                               ?? GetSievePropertyViaAttribute<TEntity>(false, true, filterTerm.Name);
 
                 if (property != null)
                 {
@@ -188,7 +201,7 @@ namespace Sieve.Services
             return result;
         }
 
-        private  PropertyInfo GetSieveProperty<TEntity>(bool canSortRequired, bool canFilterRequired, string name)
+        private  PropertyInfo GetSievePropertyViaAttribute<TEntity>(bool canSortRequired, bool canFilterRequired, string name)
         {
             return typeof(TEntity).GetProperties().FirstOrDefault(p =>
             {

SieveTests/Controllers/PostsController.cs

@@ -33,6 +33,24 @@ namespace SieveTests.Controllers
             return Json(result.ToList());
         }
 
+        [HttpGet]
+        public JsonResult GetAllWithSieveAndPropertyMapping(SieveModel sieveModel)
+        {
+            var result = _dbContext.Posts.AsNoTracking();
+
+            var sieveProperties = new[]
+            {
+                SieveProperty<Post>.For(_ => _.Title, Allow.Filter, "name"), 
+                SieveProperty<Post>.For(_ => _.CommentCount, Allow.SortAndFilter), 
+                SieveProperty<Post>.For(_ => _.LikeCount, Allow.Sort), 
+                SieveProperty<Post>.For(_ => _.DateCreated, Allow.SortAndFilter), 
+            };
+
+            result = _sieveProcessor.ApplyAll(sieveModel, result, sieveProperties);
+
+            return Json(result.ToList());
+        }
+
         [HttpGet]
         public JsonResult Create(int number = 10)
         {