NHibernate IList to List

Question

Hi I am trying to return a collection of building domain.

private long _id;
private string _buildingName;
private IList _rooms;

Answer 1

Why do you need a concrete List object, when you can do everything you want with an IList?

If it absolutely has to be a concrete list, you have two options.

First, simply cast the IList to List. This will only work if the underlying type is a List, which I personally doubt.

Second, call the ToList() extension method on it:

Buildings = (List)session.CreateCriteria(typeof(Building)).AddOrder(Order.Asc("buildingName")).List().ToList();

I personally recommend that you do neither and use the IList instead.