C# supports conversions between arrays and lists as long as the arrays are not multidimensional and there is an inheritance relation between the types and the types are reference types
object[] oArray = new string[] { "one", "two", "three" };
string[] sArray = (string[])oArray;
// Also works for IList (and IEnumerable, ICollection)
IList sList = (IList)oArray;
IList
Note that this does not work:
object[] oArray2 = new int[] { 1, 2, 3 }; // Error: Cannot implicitly convert type 'int[]' to 'object[]'
int[] iArray = (int[])oArray2; // Error: Cannot convert type 'object[]' to 'int[]'
