Best way to convert a non-generic collection to generic collection

Question

What is the best way to convert a non-generic collection to a generic collection? Is there a way to LINQ it?

I have the following code.

public class NonG         


        

Answer 1

Another elegant way is to create a wrapper class like this (I include this in my utilities project).

public class EnumerableGenericizer : IEnumerable
{
    public IEnumerable Target { get; set; }

    public EnumerableGenericizer(IEnumerable target)
    {
        Target = target;
    }

    IEnumerator IEnumerable.GetEnumerator()
    {
        return GetEnumerator();
    }

    public IEnumerator GetEnumerator()
    {
        foreach(T item in Target)
        {
            yield return item;
        }
    }
}

You can now do this:

IEnumerable genericized = 
    new EnumerableGenericizer(nonGenericCollection);

You could then wrap a normal generic list around the genericized collection.