Question

The short story: I want to convert a list/dictionary into an anonymous object

Basically what I had before was:

var model = from item in IEnumerable<Item>
   select new
     {
     name = item.Name
     value = item.Value
     }

etc.
If I have name, item.Name in a list or dictionary, how can I go about creating the same anonymous object model?

Edit: Clarification:
If the dictionary contains [name, item.Name] and [value, item.Value] as Key Value pairs, how would I go about creating the model without assuming that you know neither name nor value?

Answer 1

Since a List<T> implements IEnumerable<T> your existing code should work exactly the same way:

var model = from item in yourList
            select new { name = item.Name };

For a Dictionary<TKey,TValue> you could simply do this:

var model = from item in yourDictionary
            select new {
                name = item.Key
                value = item.Value
            };

This works because Dictionary<TKey,TValue> implements IEnumerable<KeyValuePair<TKey,TValue>> so in the second expression item will be typed as KeyValuePair<TKey,TValue> which means you can project a new type using item.Key and item.Value.