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When i started using the finder in the new generic lists I couldn't find a good e.g of how to write the find function.  So here's a cut down version of one that i ended up writing.

First I needed a class that could work out if a supplied item was equal to something in my list e.g.

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text
namespace SoulSolutions.Test
{
    /// 

    /// Provides generic functionality to find an object in collection.
    /// 
    public class FindObject
    {
        private int id;
        
        /// 

        /// Constructor
        /// 
        /// The unique identifier for the object.
        public FindObject(int id)
        {
            this.id = id;
        }
        
        /// 

        /// Predicate to use to find a item in a list based on the 
        /// id
        /// 
        /// The object to compare to
        /// true if found/false otherwise
        public bool FindByIdPredicate(PersonObject objectData)
        {
            return objectData.ItemId == id;
        }
    }
}

Then to use it:

Need to create my FindObject class giving it the value i'm looking for.  Then using the list that i want to search, call the find giving it the findobject class with the function that i want to use to find.

List items;
FindObject objectToFind = new FindObject(2);
PersonObject person = items.Find(new Predicate(objectToFind.FindByIdPredicate));