public static List<TSource> ToList<TSource>(this DataTable dataTable) where TSource : new()
{
var dataList = new List<TSource>();
const BindingFlags flags = BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.NonPublic;
var objFieldNames = (from PropertyInfo aProp in typeof(TSource).GetProperties(flags)
select new
{
Name = aProp.Name,
Type = Nullable.GetUnderlyingType(aProp.PropertyType) ?? aProp.PropertyType
}).ToList();
var dataTblFieldNames = (from DataColumn aHeader in dataTable.Columns
select new { Name = aHeader.ColumnName, Type = aHeader.DataType }).ToList();
var commonFields = objFieldNames.Intersect(dataTblFieldNames).ToList();
foreach (DataRow dataRow in dataTable.AsEnumerable().ToList())
{
var aTSource = new TSource();
foreach (var aField in commonFields)
{
PropertyInfo propertyInfos = aTSource.GetType().GetProperty(aField.Name);
var value = (dataRow[aField.Name] == DBNull.Value) ? null : dataRow[aField.Name]; //if database field is nullable
//propertyInfos.SetValue(aTSource, dataRow[aField.Name], null);
propertyInfos.SetValue(aTSource, value, null);
}
dataList.Add(aTSource);
}
return dataList;
}