added asynchronous pagination call example and removed var

EntityFrameworkPaginate/App.config

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<configuration>
+  <configSections>
+    <!-- For more information on Entity Framework configuration, visit http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=237468 -->
+    <section name="entityFramework" type="System.Data.Entity.Internal.ConfigFile.EntityFrameworkSection, EntityFramework, Version=6.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089" requirePermission="false" />
+  </configSections>
+  <entityFramework>
+    <defaultConnectionFactory type="System.Data.Entity.Infrastructure.LocalDbConnectionFactory, EntityFramework">
+      <parameters>
+        <parameter value="mssqllocaldb" />
+      </parameters>
+    </defaultConnectionFactory>
+    <providers>
+      <provider invariantName="System.Data.SqlClient" type="System.Data.Entity.SqlServer.SqlProviderServices, EntityFramework.SqlServer" />
+    </providers>
+  </entityFramework>
+</configuration>

EntityFrameworkPaginate/EntityFrameworkPaginate.csproj

@@ -31,7 +31,16 @@
     <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
+    <Reference Include="EntityFramework, Version=6.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
+      <HintPath>..\packages\EntityFramework.6.1.3\lib\net45\EntityFramework.dll</HintPath>
+      <Private>True</Private>
+    </Reference>
+    <Reference Include="EntityFramework.SqlServer, Version=6.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
+      <HintPath>..\packages\EntityFramework.6.1.3\lib\net45\EntityFramework.SqlServer.dll</HintPath>
+      <Private>True</Private>
+    </Reference>
     <Reference Include="System" />
+    <Reference Include="System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations" />
     <Reference Include="System.Core" />
     <Reference Include="System.Xml.Linq" />
     <Reference Include="System.Data.DataSetExtensions" />
@@ -49,6 +58,10 @@
     <Compile Include="Sort.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Sorts.cs" />
   </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <None Include="App.config" />
+    <None Include="packages.config" />
+  </ItemGroup>
   <Import Project="$(MSBuildToolsPath)\Microsoft.CSharp.targets" />
   <!-- To modify your build process, add your task inside one of the targets below and uncomment it. 
        Other similar extension points exist, see Microsoft.Common.targets.

EntityFrameworkPaginate/PaginateService.cs

@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 using System;
+using System.Data.Entity;
 using System.Linq;
+using System.Runtime.Remoting.Messaging;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
 
 namespace EntityFrameworkPaginate
 {
@@ -14,14 +17,14 @@ public static class PaginateService
         /// <param name="pageNumber">The page no. which needs to be fetched.</param>
         /// <param name="pageSize">The number or records expected in the page.</param>
         /// <returns>A Page object with filtered data for the given page number and page size.</returns>
-        public static Page<T> Paginate<T>(this IQueryable<T> query, int pageNumber, int pageSize)
+        public static async Task<Page<T>> Paginate<T>(this IQueryable<T> query, int pageNumber, int pageSize)
         {
-            var result = new Page<T>
+            Page<T> result = new Page<T>
             {
                 CurrentPage = pageNumber,
                 PageSize = pageSize,
-                RecordCount = query.Count(),
-                Results = query.Skip((pageNumber - 1) * pageSize).Take(pageSize).ToList()
+                RecordCount = await query.CountAsync(),
+                Results =  await query.Skip((pageNumber - 1) * pageSize).Take(pageSize).ToListAsync()
             };
             result.PageCount = (int)Math.Ceiling((double)result.RecordCount / pageSize);
             return result;
@@ -36,9 +39,10 @@ public static Page<T> Paginate<T>(this IQueryable<T> query, int pageNumber, int
         /// <param name="pageSize">The number or records expected in the page.</param>
         /// <param name="sorts">Conditional sorts.</param>
         /// <returns>A Page object with filtered data for the given page number and page size.</returns>
-        public static Page<T> Paginate<T>(this IQueryable<T> query, int pageNumber, int pageSize, Sorts<T> sorts)
+        public static async Task<Page<T>> Paginate<T>(this IQueryable<T> query, int pageNumber, int pageSize, Sorts<T> sorts)
         {
-            return query.ApplySort(sorts).Paginate(pageNumber, pageSize);
+             IQueryable<T> result = await query.ApplySort(sorts);
+             return await result.Paginate(pageNumber, pageSize);
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -51,21 +55,21 @@ public static Page<T> Paginate<T>(this IQueryable<T> query, int pageNumber, int
         /// <param name="sorts">Conditional sorts.</param>
         /// <param name="filters">Conditional filters.</param>
         /// <returns>A Page object with filtered data for the given page number and page size.</returns>
-        public static Page<T> Paginate<T>(this IQueryable<T> query, int pageNumber, int pageSize, Sorts<T> sorts, Filters<T> filters)
+        public static async Task<Page<T>> Paginate<T>(this IQueryable<T> query, int pageNumber, int pageSize, Sorts<T> sorts, Filters<T> filters)
         {
-            return query.ApplyFilter(filters).Paginate(pageNumber, pageSize, sorts);
+            return await query.ApplyFilter(filters).Paginate(pageNumber, pageSize, sorts);
         }
 
         private static IQueryable<T> ApplyFilter<T>(this IQueryable<T> query, Filters<T> filters)
         {
             return !filters.IsValid() ? query : filters.Get().Aggregate(query, (current, filter) => current.Where(filter.Expression));
         }
 
-        private static IQueryable<T> ApplySort<T>(this IQueryable<T> query, Sorts<T> sorts)
+        private static async Task<IQueryable<T>> ApplySort<T>(this IQueryable<T> query, Sorts<T> sorts)
         {
             if (!sorts.IsValid()) return query;
-            var sort = sorts.Get();
-            return Sorts<T>.ApplySort(query, sort);
+            dynamic sort = sorts.Get();
+            return await Sorts<T>.ApplySort(query, sort);
         }
     }
 }

EntityFrameworkPaginate/packages.config

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<packages>
+  <package id="EntityFramework" version="6.1.3" targetFramework="net45" />
+</packages>