完整DataTable与IList互换（转）

public class CollectionHelper
{
    private CollectionHelper()
    {
    }  

    public static DataTable ConvertTo<T>(IList<T> list)
    {
        DataTable table = CreateTable<T>();
        Type entityType = typeof(T);
        PropertyDescriptorCollection properties = TypeDescriptor.GetProperties(entityType);  

        foreach (T item in list)
        {
            DataRow row = table.NewRow();  

            foreach (PropertyDescriptor prop in properties)
            {
                row[prop.Name] = prop.GetValue(item);
            }  

            table.Rows.Add(row);
        }  

        return table;
    }  

    public static IList<T> ConvertTo<T>(IList<DataRow> rows)
    {
        IList<T> list = null;  

        if (rows != null)
        {
            list = new List<T>();  

            foreach (DataRow row in rows)
            {
                T item = CreateItem<T>(row);
                list.Add(item);
            }
        }  

        return list;
    }  

    public static IList<T> ConvertTo<T>(DataTable table)
    {
        if (table == null)
        {
            return null;
        }  

        List<DataRow> rows = new List<DataRow>();  

        foreach (DataRow row in table.Rows)
        {
            rows.Add(row);
        }  

        return ConvertTo<T>(rows);
    }  

    public static T CreateItem<T>(DataRow row)
    {
        T obj = default(T);
        if (row != null)
        {
            obj = Activator.CreateInstance<T>();  

            foreach (DataColumn column in row.Table.Columns)
            {
                PropertyInfo prop = obj.GetType().GetProperty(column.ColumnName);
                try
                {
                    object value = row[column.ColumnName];
                    prop.SetValue(obj, value, null);
                }
                catch
                {
                    // You can log something here
                    throw;
                }
            }
        }  

        return obj;
    }  

    public static DataTable CreateTable<T>()
    {
        Type entityType = typeof(T);
        DataTable table = new DataTable(entityType.Name);
        PropertyDescriptorCollection properties = TypeDescriptor.GetProperties(entityType);  

        foreach (PropertyDescriptor prop in properties)
        {
            table.Columns.Add(prop.Name, prop.PropertyType);
        }  

        return table;
    }
}  

To see the full code in action, check this sample out:  

public class MyClass
{
    public static void Main()
    {
        List<Customer> customers = new List<Customer>();  

        for (int i = ; i < ; i++)
        {
            Customer c = new Customer();
            c.Id = i;
            c.Name = "Customer " + i.ToString();  

            customers.Add(c);
        }  

        DataTable table = CollectionHelper.ConvertTo<Customer>(customers);  

        foreach (DataRow row in table.Rows)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("Customer");
            Console.WriteLine("---------------");  

            foreach (DataColumn column in table.Columns)
            {
                object value = row[column.ColumnName];
                Console.WriteLine("{0}: {1}", column.ColumnName, value);
            }  

            Console.WriteLine();
        }  

        RL();
    }  

    #region Helper methods  

    private static void WL(object text, params object[] args)
    {
        Console.WriteLine(text.ToString(), args);
    }  

    private static void RL()
    {
        Console.ReadLine();
    }  

    private static void Break()
    {
        System.Diagnostics.Debugger.Break();
    }  

    #endregion
}  

完整DataTable与IList互换