Accessing a property of derived class from the base class in C#

Question

In C#, what is the best way to access a property of the derived class when the generic list contains just the base class.

public class ClassA : BaseClass
{
          


        

Answer 1

Further to TimJ's answer, you can write one extension method that will work for all types:

public static IEnumerable<T> OfType<T>(this IEnumerable list)
{
    foreach (var obj in list)
    {
        if (obj is T)
            yield return (T)obj;
    }
}

Or if you have Linq, that function is in the namespace System.Linq.