Je sais que cette question est ancienne, mais j'ai eu le même problème pour une méthode d'extension que j'ai faite. En utilisant la réponse de Marc Gravell, j'ai pu modifier mon code. Cette méthode d'extension gère les listes de types primitifs, chaînes, énumérations et objets dotés de propriétés primitives.
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
/// <summary>
/// Converts a List<T> to a DataTable.
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="T">The type of the list collection.</typeparam>
/// <param name="list">List instance reference.</param>
/// <returns>A DataTable of the converted list collection.</returns>
public static DataTable ToDataTable<T>(this List<T> list)
{
var entityType = typeof (T);
// Lists of type System.String and System.Enum (which includes enumerations and structs) must be handled differently
// than primitives and custom objects (e.g. an object that is not type System.Object).
if (entityType == typeof (String))
{
var dataTable = new DataTable(entityType.Name);
dataTable.Columns.Add(entityType.Name);
// Iterate through each item in the list. There is only one cell, so use index 0 to set the value.
foreach (T item in list)
{
var row = dataTable.NewRow();
row[0] = item;
dataTable.Rows.Add(row);
}
return dataTable;
}
else if (entityType.BaseType == typeof (Enum))
{
var dataTable = new DataTable(entityType.Name);
dataTable.Columns.Add(entityType.Name);
// Iterate through each item in the list. There is only one cell, so use index 0 to set the value.
foreach (string namedConstant in Enum.GetNames(entityType))
{
var row = dataTable.NewRow();
row[0] = namedConstant;
dataTable.Rows.Add(row);
}
return dataTable;
}
// Check if the type of the list is a primitive type or not. Note that if the type of the list is a custom
// object (e.g. an object that is not type System.Object), the underlying type will be null.
var underlyingType = Nullable.GetUnderlyingType(entityType);
var primitiveTypes = new List<Type>
{
typeof (Byte),
typeof (Char),
typeof (Decimal),
typeof (Double),
typeof (Int16),
typeof (Int32),
typeof (Int64),
typeof (SByte),
typeof (Single),
typeof (UInt16),
typeof (UInt32),
typeof (UInt64),
};
var typeIsPrimitive = primitiveTypes.Contains(underlyingType);
// If the type of the list is a primitive, perform a simple conversion.
// Otherwise, map the object's properties to columns and fill the cells with the properties' values.
if (typeIsPrimitive)
{
var dataTable = new DataTable(underlyingType.Name);
dataTable.Columns.Add(underlyingType.Name);
// Iterate through each item in the list. There is only one cell, so use index 0 to set the value.
foreach (T item in list)
{
var row = dataTable.NewRow();
row[0] = item;
dataTable.Rows.Add(row);
}
return dataTable;
}
else
{
// TODO:
// 1. Convert lists of type System.Object to a data table.
// 2. Handle objects with nested objects (make the column name the name of the object and print "system.object" as the value).
var dataTable = new DataTable(entityType.Name);
var propertyDescriptorCollection = TypeDescriptor.GetProperties(entityType);
// Iterate through each property in the object and add that property name as a new column in the data table.
foreach (PropertyDescriptor propertyDescriptor in propertyDescriptorCollection)
{
// Data tables cannot have nullable columns. The cells can have null values, but the actual columns themselves cannot be nullable.
// Therefore, if the current property type is nullable, use the underlying type (e.g. if the type is a nullable int, use int).
var propertyType = Nullable.GetUnderlyingType(propertyDescriptor.PropertyType) ?? propertyDescriptor.PropertyType;
dataTable.Columns.Add(propertyDescriptor.Name, propertyType);
}
// Iterate through each object in the list adn add a new row in the data table.
// Then iterate through each property in the object and add the property's value to the current cell.
// Once all properties in the current object have been used, add the row to the data table.
foreach (T item in list)
{
var row = dataTable.NewRow();
foreach (PropertyDescriptor propertyDescriptor in propertyDescriptorCollection)
{
var value = propertyDescriptor.GetValue(item);
row[propertyDescriptor.Name] = value ?? DBNull.Value;
}
dataTable.Rows.Add(row);
}
return dataTable;
}
}