根据列表中属于另一个列表的项目对列表进行排序

Private Function ComparePersonsByExtraPropsName(p1 As Person, p2 As Person) As Integer
    Return GetFirstExtraProp(p1.Properties, "Name").Value.CompareTo(GetFirstExtraProp(p2.Properties, "Name").Value)
End Function

Private Function GetFirstExtraProp(properties As IEnumerable(Of ExtraProps), key As String) As ExtraProps
    For Each ep As ExtraProps In properties
        If ep.Key = key Then
            Return ep
        End If
    Next

    Return Nothing
End Function

然后:

Dim personList As New List(Of Person)

'...

personList.Sort(AddressOf ComparePersonsByExtraPropsName)

首先我要感谢@TimSchmelter的回答。这在.NET2.0和VS2005中非常有效。

Public Class TaskKeyComparer
Implements IComparer(Of Trimble_Planning.TaskData)

Private ReadOnly _keyComparison As StringComparison
Private ReadOnly _valueComparison As StringComparison
Private ReadOnly _key As String

Public Sub New(ByVal key As String, Optional ByVal keyComparison As StringComparison = StringComparison.CurrentCulture, Optional ByVal valueComparison As StringComparison = StringComparison.CurrentCulture)
    _key = key
    _keyComparison = keyComparison
    _valueComparison = valueComparison
End Sub

Public Function Compare(ByVal x As person, ByVal y As person) As Integer Implements IComparer(Of person).Compare
    If x Is Nothing AndAlso y Is Nothing Then Return 0
    If x Is Nothing OrElse y Is Nothing Then Return CInt(IIf(x Is Nothing, -1, 1))
    If x.properties Is Nothing AndAlso y.properties Is Nothing Then Return 0
    If x.properties Is Nothing OrElse y.properties Is Nothing Then Return CInt(IIf(x.properties  Is Nothing, -1, 1))

    Dim xKeyValue As String = Nothing
    Dim yKeyValue As String = Nothing
    For Each prop As ExtraProps In x.properties 
        If String.Equals(prop.key, _key, _keyComparison) Then
            xKeyValue = prop.value
            Exit For
        End If
    Next
    For Each prop As ExtraProps In y.properties 
        If String.Equals(prop.key, _key, _keyComparison) Then
            yKeyValue = prop.value
            Exit For
        End If
    Next
    Return String.Compare(xKeyValue, yKeyValue, _valueComparison)
End Function
End Class

那就这样用吧

personList.Sort(New TaskKeyComparer("name"))