SharePoint Client Object Model: Finding a field in a list

When working with the SharePoint Client Object Model, it is useful to find a field in a list, or a site column in the web. Below are some extension methods to ClientContext, to facilitate these:

public static class FieldClientContextExtensions
{
    public static Field FindField(this ClientContext clientContext, List list, ExpressionFuncField, bool predicate)
    {
        var webFields = list.Fields;
        var matchingFields = clientContext.LoadQuery(webFields.Where(predicate));
        clientContext.ExecuteQuery();
        
        Field field = matchingFields.FirstOrDefault();
        return field;
    }

    public static Field FindField(this ClientContext clientContext, Web web, ExpressionFuncField, bool predicate)
    {
        var webFields = web.Fields;
        var allFields = web.AvailableFields;
        var matchingWebFields = clientContext.LoadQuery(webFields.Where(predicate));
        var matchingAllFields = clientContext.LoadQuery(allFields.Where(predicate));

        clientContext.ExecuteQuery();
        Field field = matchingWebFields.FirstOrDefault() ?? matchingAllFields.FirstOrDefault();
        return field;
    }
}

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