Is there a trick in creating a generic list of anonymous type?

Question

Sometimes i need to use a Tuple, for example i have list of tanks and their target tanks (they chase after them or something like that ) :

List

        

Answer 1

You can create an empty list for anonymous types and then use it, enjoying full intellisense and compile-time checks:

var list = Enumerable.Empty<object>()
             .Select(r => new {A = 0, B = 0}) // prototype of anonymous type
             .ToList();

list.Add(new { A = 4, B = 5 }); // adding actual values

Console.Write(list[0].A);

Answer 2

Or even more simple

        var tupleList = (
           new[] {
                new { fruit = "Tomato", colour = "red"},
                new { fruit = "Tomato", colour = "yellow"},
                new { fruit = "Apple", colour = "red"},
                new { fruit = "Apple", colour = "green"},
                new { fruit = "Medlar", colour = "russet"}
            }).ToList();

Which loses the static function.

Answer 3

You could use a List<dynamic>.

 var myList = new List<dynamic>();
 myList.Add(new {Tank = new Tank(), AttackingTank = new Tank()});

 Console.WriteLine("AttackingTank: {0}", myList[0].AttackingTank);