Convert rows from a data reader into typed results

Question

I\'m using a third party library which returns a data reader. I would like a simple way and as generic as possible to convert it into a List of objects.
For example, say

Answer 1

Like Magic

I personally HATE doing manual mapping in constructors, I'm also not a fan of doing my own reflection. So here's another solution courtesy of the wonderful (and fairly ubiquitous) Newtonsoft JSON lib.

It will only work if your property names exactly match the datareader column names, but it worked well for us.

...assumes you've got a datareader name "yourDataReader"...

        var dt = new DataTable();
        dt.Load(yourDataReader);
        // creates a json array of objects
        string json = Newtonsoft.Json.JsonConvert.SerializeObject(dt);
        // this is what you're looking for right??
        List list = 
Newtonsoft.Json.JsonConvert
.DeserializeObject>(json);