How to IEnumerable<struct> be cast as IEnumerable<object> in C#?

How to IEnumerable<struct> be cast as IEnumerable<object> in C#?

In C#, you cannot directly cast an IEnumerable<struct> as IEnumerable<object> because generics do not support covariance for value types (structs). However, you can achieve a similar effect by converting each element of the IEnumerable<struct> to object individually using boxing. Here's an example:

IEnumerable<MyStruct> structEnumerable = GetStructEnumerable(); // Cast IEnumerable<struct> to IEnumerable<object> using boxing IEnumerable<object> objectEnumerable = structEnumerable.Select(s => (object)s);

In the code above, GetStructEnumerable() represents a method that returns an IEnumerable<MyStruct>.

By using the Select method from LINQ, we can iterate over each element in the structEnumerable and convert it to an object using the (object)s casting syntax. This performs boxing, which wraps the value type (struct) as an object. The resulting sequence is of type IEnumerable<object>.

Please note that boxing and unboxing operations can introduce performance overhead and should be used judiciously. Additionally, be aware that modifying elements in the objectEnumerable will not affect the original structEnumerable since they are separate sequences.

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