Dynamic Property to list in c# from reflection

Question

I want to convert following to list. I have fetched property using reflection, but how to convert them to list (in my case this is entity object DBSet).

and I need the result as list.

ClassObject.GetType().GetProperty(classname) //After getting property I need it in .ToList()

Answer 1

You can convert with a function like this.

If the reflected object is not enumerable, it can't be converted.

public static List<T> ConvertMysteriousObjectToList<T>(object input)
{
    var enumerable = input as IEnumerable;
    if (enumerable == null) throw new InvalidOperationException("The object is not convertible to a list.");
    return enumerable.Cast<T>().ToList();
}

If you're trying to convert some flavor of DbSet (eg a DbSet<Foo> ) then you'd call it like this:

var o = ClassObject.GetType().GetProperty(classname);
var list = ConvertMysteriousObjectToList<Foo>(o);

If you don't know the type:

var list = ConvertMysteriousObjectToList<object>(o);

or

var list = ConvertMysteriousObjectToList<dynamic>(o);

Answer 2

I got what I wanted.

static IEnumerable GetAllMembers(DbContext db, string dbSetName)
        {
            var pi = db.GetType().GetProperty(dbSetName);
            return (IEnumerable)pi.GetValue(db);
        }

source: How to get DbSet<SomeClass> (EF) from the dbContext using reflection?