Question

I am sorting a GridView bind to a ananymous type.

protected void GridView1_Sorting(object sender, GridViewSortEventArgs e) {     List<object> lb = (List<object>)ReturnAnony(); // Not working     // ?? What to write here }  object ReturnAnony() {     var anony = // I create the ananymous type and return         return anony; } 

Answer 1

Not really sure what you want.

If you are going to create a List that is typed to anonymous type, you can use a currying function to help you:

public List<T> makeAList<T>(T x) {     var l = new List<T>();      l.Add(x);     return l; } 

Is that what you want?

Otherwise, you cannot reference the anonymous type outside of its scope unless you create a path to bridge the type information over to your code… which… in the end you should just made a new class.