Convert a List T into an ObservableCollection T

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I have a List lt T gt  which is being populated from JSON  I need to convert it into an ObservableCollection lt T gt  to bind it to my GridView   Any suggestions

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ObervableCollection have constructor in which you can pass your list  Quoting MSDN    public ObservableCollection        List lt T gt  list

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The Observable Collection constructor will take an IList or an IEnumerable    If you find that you are going to do this a lot you can make a simple extension method       public static ObservableCollection lt T gt  ToObservableCollection lt T gt  this IEnumerable lt T gt  enumerable                return new ObservableCollection lt T gt  enumerable

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ObservableCollection  lt  T   has a constructor overload which takes IEnumerable  lt  T      Example for a List of int   ObservableCollection lt int gt  myCollection   new ObservableCollection lt int gt  myList     One more example for a List of ObjectA   ObservableCollection lt ObjectA gt  myCollection   new ObservableCollection lt ObjectA gt  myList as List lt ObjectA gt

[c#] Convert a List<T> into an ObservableCollection<T>

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