How can i have a linq result set returned as a custom type

Question

public class LearnerInfo
{
    public string Id { get; set; }
    public string Name { get; set; }


    public LearnerInfo(string id, string name)
    {
        this.Id = id;
        this.Name = name;
    }
}


public class LearnerCourse
{
    public string Id { get; set; }
    public string ExpiredCount { get; set; }
    public string Soonduecount { get; set; }
    public string Currentmonthcount { get; set; }
    public string Currentmonthplus1count { get; set; }
    public string Currentmonthplus2count { get; set; }
    public string Currentmonthplus3count { get; set; }
    public string Currentmonthplus4count { get; set; }
    public string Currentmonthplus5count { get; set; }
    public string Subtotal { get; set; }


    public LearnerCourse(string id, string exp, string soonDue, string current, string plus1, string plus2,
        string plus3, string plus4, string plus5)
    {
        this.Id = id;
        this.ExpiredCount = exp;
        this.Soonduecount = soonDue;
        this.Currentmonthcount = current;
        this.Currentmonthplus1count = plus1;
        this.Currentmonthplus2count = plus2;
        this.Currentmonthplus3count = plus3;
        this.Currentmonthplus4count = plus4;
        this.Currentmonthplus5count = plus5;
    }


    public LearnerCourse()
    { }
}

public class InfoList : IEnumerable<CombinedInfo>
{

    private List<CombinedInfo> _infoList = new List<CombinedInfo>();

    public InfoList()
    {
        _infoList = new List<CombinedInfo>();
    }


    public void Add(CombinedInfo i)
    {
        _infoList.Add(i);
    }


    public IEnumerator<CombinedInfo> GetEnumerator()
    {
        return _infoList.GetEnumerator();
    }


    //IEnumerable Members
    System.Collections.IEnumerator System.Collections.IEnumerable.GetEnumerator()
    {
        throw new NotImplementedException();
    }
}


public class CombinedInfo
{
    public string Id { get; set; }
    public string ExpiredCount { get; set; }
    public string Soonduecount { get; set; }
    public string Currentmonthcount { get; set; }
    public string Currentmonthplus1count { get; set; }
    public string Currentmonthplus2count { get; set; }
    public string Currentmonthplus3count { get; set; }
    public string Currentmonthplus4count { get; set; }
    public string Currentmonthplus5count { get; set; }
    public string Name { get; set; }
}


    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        LearnerCourse lc1 = new LearnerCourse("777", "1", "1", "0", "1", "0", "0", "0", "0");
        LearnerCourse lc2 = new LearnerCourse("589", "1", "0", "0", "0", "0", "0", "0", "0");

        LearnerInfo li1 = new LearnerInfo("777", "moe");
        LearnerInfo li2 = new LearnerInfo("589", "larry");

        LearnerCourse[] lCourses = new LearnerCourse[2];
        lCourses[0] = lc1;
        lCourses[1] = lc2;

        LearnerInfo[] linfos = new LearnerInfo[2];
        linfos[0] = li1;
        linfos[1] = li2;


        //test linq join for object array
        var myJoin = (from c in lCourses
                     join i in linfos on c.Id equals i.Id
                    select new {
                         c.ExpiredCount, 
                         c.Soonduecount,
                         c.Currentmonthcount,
                         c.Currentmonthplus1count,
                         c.Currentmonthplus2count,
                         c.Currentmonthplus3count,
                         c.Currentmonthplus4count,
                         c.Currentmonthplus5count,
                         c.Subtotal,
                         i.Id,
                         i.Name
                     });


        foreach (CombinedInfo o in l)
        {
            //loop through and can add to list of type CombinedInfo
        }
}

Instead of going through a foreach loop, i am having issues trying to get the result set from my linq query to just return a List.

suggestions?

Answer 1

Two things:

a) Project to a custom class, not an anonymous type. In your case you already have CombinedInfo defined - use it.

b) Use ToList() to force execution and convert the results to a List<T>

var list = (from c in lCourses
             join i in linfos on c.Id equals i.Id
            select new  CombinedInfo() {
                 ExpiredCount = c.ExpiredCount, 
                 Soonduecount = c.Soonduecount,
                 Currentmonthcount = c.Currentmonthcount,
                 Currentmonthplus1count = c.Currentmonthplus1count,
                 Currentmonthplus2count = c.Currentmonthplus2count,
                 Currentmonthplus3count = c.Currentmonthplus3count,
                 Currentmonthplus4count = c.Currentmonthplus4count,
                 Currentmonthplus5count = c.Currentmonthplus5count,
                 Subtotal = c.Subtotal,
                 Id  = i.Id,
                 Name = i.Name
             }).ToList();