Working with C# Anonymous Types

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You can’t return a list of an anonymous type, it will have to be a list of object. Thus you will lose the type information.

Option 1
Don’t use an anonymous type. If you are trying to use an anonymous type in more than one method, then create a real class.

Option 2
Don’t downcast your anonymous type to object. (must be in one method)

var list = allContacts
             .Select(c => new { c.ContactID, c.FullName })
             .ToList();

foreach (var o in list) {
    Console.WriteLine(o.ContactID);
}

Option 3
Use the dynamic keyword. (.NET 4 required)

foreach (dynamic o in list) {
    Console.WriteLine(o.ContactID);
}

Option 4
Use some dirty reflection.

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