Binding anonymous type to Create a BindingList

Question

I am trying to create a BindingList<> from anonymous type returned by LINQ query but BindingList<> do not accept anonymous type, following is my code

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Answer 1

You can write an extension method:

static class MyExtensions
{
    public static BindingList<T> ToBindingList<T>(this IList<T> source)
    {
        return new BindingList<T>(source);
    }
}

and use it like this:

        var query = entities
            .Select(e => new
            {
               // construct anonymous entity here
            })
            .ToList()
            .ToBindingList();

Answer 2

The lowest common base type your data shares. For example object if thats the case.

var tmp =  new BindingList<object>(data);

Answer 3

If you need to use this object in other places, I would suggest either using dynamic, or even better, to simply create the object you need as a struct.

public class RechargeLogData
{
    public int Id { get; set; }
    public string Company { get; set; }
    public string SubscriptionNo { get; set; }
    public string Amount { get; set; }
    public string Time { get; set; }
}

var data = context.RechargeLogs.Where(t => t.Time >= DateTime.Today).
       Select(t => new RechargeLogData()
       {
            Id = t.Id,
            Company = t.Compnay,
            SubscriptionNo = t.SubscriptionNo,
            Amount = t.Amount,
            Time = t.Time
       });

var tmp =  new BindingList<RechargeLogData>(data);