Using "List" you can prevent casting errors. It is very useful to avoid a runtime casting error.
Example:
Here (using ArrayList) you can compile this code but you will see an execution error later.
// Create a new ArrayList
System.Collections.ArrayList mixedList = new System.Collections.ArrayList();
// Add some numbers to the list
mixedList.Add(7);
mixedList.Add(21);
// Add some strings to the list
mixedList.Add("Hello");
mixedList.Add("This is going to be a problem");
System.Collections.ArrayList intList = new System.Collections.ArrayList();
System.Collections.ArrayList strList = new System.Collections.ArrayList();
foreach (object obj in mixedList)
{
if (obj.GetType().Equals(typeof(int)))
{
intList.Add(obj);
}
else if (obj.GetType().Equals(typeof(string)))
{
strList.Add(obj);
}
else
{
// error.
}
}