I have discussed about conversion of DataTable to Generic List<t>. We can do it in various way. I want to share with you some of them....
Solution 1:
DataTable dt = CreateDataTable();
List<datarow> list = new List<datarow>();
foreach (DataRow dr in dt.Rows)
{
list.Add(dr);
}
Solution 2:
DataTable table = new DataTable {
Columns = {
{"Foo", typeof(int)},
{"Bar", typeof(string)}
}
};
for (int i = 0; i < 5000; i++) {
table.Rows.Add(i, "Row " + i);
}
List<T> data = new List<t>(table.Rows.Count);
foreach (DataRow row in table.Rows) {
data.Add(new T((int)row[0], (string)row[1]));
}
Solution 3:
Using Linq/lamda expression. It return data in List<t>.
List<string> list =dataTable.Rows.OfType<datarow>().Select(dr => dr.Field<string>(0)).ToList();
Solution 4:
Using Linq/lamda expression.
List<employee> list= new List<employee>();
list= (from DataRow row in dt.Rows
select new Employee
{
FirstName = row["ColumnName"].ToString(),
LastName = row["ColumnName"].ToString()
}).ToList();
Solution 5:
Using Linq/lamda expression.
List<t> target = dt.AsEnumerable()
.Select(row => new T
{
// assuming column 0's type is Nullable<long>
ID = row.Field<long?>(0).GetValueOrDefault()
Name = String.IsNullOrEmpty(row.Field<string>(1))
? "not found"
: row.Field<string>(1)
})
.ToList();
Solution 6:
Using Linq/lamda expression. All are return array of datarow in List<t>.
List<datarow> list1= dataTable.Select().ToList();
List<datarow> list2= dataTable.Rows.Cast<datarow>().ToList();
List<datarow> list3 = dataTable.AsEnumerable().ToList();
List<datarow> list4 = new List<datarow>(dataTable.select());
Here result will return all rows of datatable, as an array of datarows, and the List constructor accepts that array of objects as an argument to initially fill our List<datarow> with.
Solution 7:
Using reflection
PropertyInfo class.
sealed class Tuple<T1, T2>
{
public Tuple() {}
public Tuple(T1 value1, T2 value2) {Value1 = value1; Value2 = value2;}
public T1 Value1 {get;set;}
public T2 Value2 {get;set;}
}
public static
List<T> Convert<T>(
DataTable table)
where T : class, new()
{
List<Tuple<DataColumn, PropertyInfo>> map =
new List<Tuple<DataColumn,PropertyInfo>>();
foreach(PropertyInfo pi in typeof(T).GetProperties())
{
ColumnAttribute col = (ColumnAttribute)
Attribute.GetCustomAttribute(pi, typeof(ColumnAttribute));
if(col == null) continue;
if(table.Columns.Contains(col.FieldName))
{
map.Add(new Tuple<DataColumn,PropertyInfo>(
table.Columns[col.FieldName], pi));
}
}
List<T> list = new List<T>(table.Rows.Count);
foreach(DataRow row in table.Rows)
{
if(row == null)
{
list.Add(null);
continue;
}
T item = new T();
foreach(Tuple<DataColumn,PropertyInfo> pair in map) {
object value = row[pair.Value1];
if(value is DBNull) value = null;
pair.Value2.SetValue(item, value, null);
}
list.Add(item);
}
return list;
}
Solution 8:
Another class using
reflection
PropertyInfo class.
public List<T> ConvertTo<T>(DataTable datatable) where T : new()
{
List<T> Temp = new List<T>();
try
{
List<string> columnsNames = new List<string>();
foreach (DataColumn DataColumn in datatable.Columns)
columnsNames.Add(DataColumn.ColumnName);
Temp = datatable.AsEnumerable().ToList().ConvertAll<T>(row => getObject<T>(row, columnsNames));
return Temp;
}
catch
{
return Temp;
}
}
public T getObject<T>(DataRow row, List<string> columnsName) where T : new()
{
T obj = new T();
try
{
string columnname = "";
string value = "";
PropertyInfo[] Properties;
Properties = typeof(T).GetProperties();
foreach (PropertyInfo objProperty in Properties)
{
columnname = columnsName.Find(name => name.ToLower() == objProperty.Name.ToLower());
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(columnname))
{
value = row[columnname].ToString();
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(value))
{
if (Nullable.GetUnderlyingType(objProperty.PropertyType) != null)
{
value = row[columnname].ToString().Replace("$", "").Replace(",", "");
objProperty.SetValue(obj, Convert.ChangeType(value, Type.GetType(Nullable.GetUnderlyingType(objProperty.PropertyType).ToString())), null);
}
else
{
value = row[columnname].ToString().Replace("%", "");
objProperty.SetValue(obj, Convert.ChangeType(value, Type.GetType(objProperty.PropertyType.ToString())), null);
}
}
}
}
return obj;
}
catch
{
return obj;
}
}
Hopefully it will help other developers.
