public Expression<Func<EmailAflAwmMessageDM, bool>> SearchXpr(string param, string q)
{
    if (param == "to")
        return e => e.to_msg.Contains(q);
    else if (param == "from")
        return e => e.from_msg.Contains(q);
    else if (param == "cc")
        return e => e.cc_msg.Contains(q);
    else if (param == "bcc")
        return e => e.bcc_msg.Contains(q);
    else if (param == "subject")
        return e => e.subject.Contains(q);
    else
        return e => e.body_text.Contains(q);
}

public Expression<Func<EmailAflAwmMessageDM, bool>> FiltertXpr(string filter, string value)
   {
    if (filter == "attachments")
    return e => e.attachments == value;
    else if (filter == "flagged")
    return e => e.flagged == value;
    else
    return e => e.seen == value;
    }

private IQueryable SearchFilter(string param,string q,string filter,
       string value,string sort,string dir)
   {
      var searchXpr = SearchXpr(param, q);
      var filterXpr = FiltertXpr(filter, value);
      var emailmessage =
      db.EmailAflAwmMessage.
      Where(filterXpr).Where(searchXpr)
      .OrderByDescending(a => a.msg_date).Select(a =>
      new
      {
       a.subject,
       a.msg_date,
      });

       return emailmessage;
      }

public static class ExpressionBuilder
    {
        private static readonly MethodInfo ToStringMethod = typeof(object).GetMethod("ToString");
        private static readonly MethodInfo StringContainsMethod = typeof(string).GetMethod("Contains");

        public static Func<T, object> Selector<T>(string prop)
        {
            var type = typeof(T);
            var param = Expression.Parameter(type);
            return Expression.Lambda<Func<T, object>>(Expression.Property(param, type.GetProperty(prop)), param).Compile();
        }

        public static Expression<Func<T, bool>> BuildFilterPredicate<T>(string q)
        {
            var query = Expression.Constant(q);
            var type = typeof(T);
            var lbdSelector = Expression.Parameter(type);
            var predicates = type.GetProperties().SelectMany(p => PredicateContainsBuilder(lbdSelector, p, query)).ToList();
            Expression body = predicates[0];
            body = predicates.Skip(1).Aggregate(body, Expression.OrElse);
            return Expression.Lambda<Func<T, bool>>(body, lbdSelector);
        }

        private static IEnumerable<MethodCallExpression> PredicateContainsBuilder(Expression lbdSelector, PropertyInfo prop, Expression query)
        {

            if (prop.PropertyType.IsClass)
                return new List<MethodCallExpression> { Expression.Call(Expression.Call(Expression.Property(lbdSelector, prop), ToStringMethod), StringContainsMethod, query) };

            var properties = prop.PropertyType.GetProperties();
            return properties.Select(p => Expression.Call(Expression.Call(Expression.Property(lbdSelector, p), ToStringMethod), StringContainsMethod, query)).ToList();
        }
    }

private IQueryable SearchFilter(string param,string q,string filter,string value,string sort,string dir)
    {
        var emailMessage = db.EmailAflAwmMessage
                            .Where(ExpressionBuilder.BuildFilterPredicate<EmailMessage>(q))
                            .OrderBy(ExpressionBuilder.Selector<EmailMessage>(sort))
                            .Select(m=> new{m.subject,m.msg_date});
    return emailmessage;
    }

private IQueryable SortXpr(IQueryable<EmailAflAwmMessageDM> email ,string sort,string dir) {

    if (sort.Contains("to"))
    {
        if (dir.Contains("asc"))
        {
            return email.OrderBy(e => e.to_msg);
        }
        else
        {
            return email.OrderByDescending(e => e.to_msg);
        }
    }
    else if (sort.Contains("from"))
    {
        if (dir.Contains("asc"))
        {
            return email.OrderBy(e => e.from_msg);
        }
        else
        {
            return email.OrderByDescending(e => e.from_msg);
        }
    }
    else if (sort.Contains("subject"))
    {
        if (dir.Contains("asc"))
        {
            return email.OrderBy(e => e.subject);
        }
        else
        {
            return email.OrderByDescending(e => e.subject);
        }
    }
    else
    {
        if (dir.Contains("asc"))
        {
            return email.OrderBy(e => e.msg_date);
        }
        else
        {
            return email.OrderByDescending(e => e.msg_date);
        }
    }

}

private Expression<Func<EmailAflAwmMessageDM, bool>>    FiltertXpr(string filter, string value)
{
    if (filter == "attachments")
        return e => e.attachments == value;
    else if (filter == "flagged")
        return e => e.flagged == value;
    else
        return e => e.seen == value;
}

private Expression<Func<EmailAflAwmMessageDM, bool>> SearchXpr(string param, string q)
{
    if (param == "to")
        return e => e.to_msg.Contains(q);
    else if (param == "from")
        return e => e.from_msg.Contains(q);
    else if (param == "cc")
        return e => e.cc_msg.Contains(q);
    else if (param == "bcc")
        return e => e.bcc_msg.Contains(q);
    else if (param == "subject")
        return e => e.subject.Contains(q);
    else
        return e => e.body_text.Contains(q);
}

private IQueryable SearchFilterCondition(string param,string q
    ,string filter,string value,string sort,string dir)
 {
   var searchXpr = SearchXpr(param, q);
   var filterXpr = FiltertXpr(filter, value);
   IQueryable<EmailAflAwmMessageDM>
   EmailAflAwmMessagejc = db.EmailAflAwmMessage.Where(filterXpr).Where(searchXpr);
   return SortXpr(EmailAflAwmMessagejc, sort, dir);
 }