IQueryable OfType where T is a runtime Type

Question

I need to be able to get something similar to the following to work:

Type type = ??? // something decided at runtime with .GetType or typeof;
object[] entity         


        

Answer 1

what about ...

    public static IList OfTypeToList(this IEnumerable source, Type type)
    {
        if (type == null)
            throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(type));
        return
            (IList) Activator.CreateInstance(
                typeof(List<>)
                   .MakeGenericType(type),
                typeof(System.Linq.Enumerable)
                   .GetMethod(nameof(System.Linq.Enumerable.OfType),
                              BindingFlags.Static | BindingFlags.Public)
                   .MakeGenericMethod(type)
                   .Invoke(null, new object[] { source }));
    }