Convert data table to generic list

Published by Mritunjay Kumar, Mindfire Solutions, about 7 years ago.

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code block for converting a data table to generic list of custom class object.

public static List<T> ToList<T>(this DataTable table) where T : class, new()
{
    var list = new List<T>();
    foreach (var row in table.AsEnumerable())
    {
        var obj = new T();
        foreach (var prop in obj.GetType().GetProperties())
        {
            var propertyInfo = obj.GetType().GetProperty(prop.Name);
            propertyInfo.SetValue(obj, Convert.ChangeType(row[prop.Name], propertyInfo.PropertyType), null);
        }

        list.Add(obj);
    }

    return list;
}

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Mritunjay Kumar

Works at Mindfire Solutions

I mostly work with C#, ASP.NET, MVC, WCF, Web API, Entity FrameWork, MS Sql.

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