Generic list/sublist handling
- by user628661
Let's say we have a class
class ComplexCls
{
public int Fld1;
public string Fld2;
//could be more fields
}
class Cls
{
public int SomeField;
}
and then some code
class ComplexClsList: List<ComplexCls>;
ComplexClsList myComplexList;
// fill myComplexList
// same for Cls
class ClsList : List<Cls>;
ClsList myClsList;
We want to populate myClsList from myComplexList, something like (pseudocode):
foreach Complexitem in myComplexList
{
Cls ClsItem = new Cls();
ClsItem.SomeField = ComplexItem.Fld1;
}
The code to do this is easy and will be put in some method in myClsList.
However I'd like to design this as generic as possible, for generic ComplexCls.
Note that the exact ComplexCls is known at the moment of using this code, only the algorithm shd be generic.
I know it can be done using (direct) reflection but is there other solution?
Let me know if the question is not clear enough. (probably isn't).
[EDIT] Basically, what I need is this: having myClsList, I need to specify a DataSource (ComplexClsList) and a field from that DataSource (Fld1) that will be used to populate my SomeField
