/// <summary>
/// Converts an IEnumerable of objects to a data table, with property names as headers and values as items
/// </summary>
/// <param name="objList">The IEnumerable of objects to use as a data source</param>
/// <returns>A data table containing the object values</returns>
public static DataTable ToDataTable(this System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable <object> objList)
{
if (objList is null)
{
throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(objList));
}
DataTable thisTable = new DataTable();
Type objectType = objList.GetType().GenericTypeArguments[0];
List <PropertyInfo> Properties = new List <PropertyInfo>();
Dictionary <PropertyInfo, int> PropertyOrder = new Dictionary <PropertyInfo, int>();
foreach (PropertyInfo thisProp in objectType.GetProperties().Reverse())
{
int index = 0;
while (index < Properties.Count && PropertyOrder[Properties.ElementAt(index)] > index)
{
index++;
}
Properties.Insert(index, thisProp);
PropertyOrder.Add(thisProp, index);
}
foreach (PropertyInfo thisProperty in Properties)
{
DisplayNameAttribute displayNameAttribute = thisProperty.GetCustomAttribute <DisplayNameAttribute>();
string DisplayName;
if (displayNameAttribute != null)
{
DisplayName = displayNameAttribute.DisplayName;
}
else
{
DisplayName = thisProperty.Name;
}
thisTable.Columns.Add(DisplayName);
}
foreach (object thisObj in objList)
{
DataRow thisRow = thisTable.NewRow();
int i = 0;
foreach (PropertyInfo thisProperty in Properties)
{
thisRow[i++] = thisProperty.GetValue(thisObj);
}
thisTable.Rows.Add(thisRow);
}
return(thisTable);
}