Convert string array to custom object list using linq

Question

I have a class with one public property.

public class CustomEntity 
{
    string _FileName;
    public string FileName
    {
        get { return _FileName; }
        set
        {                    
           _FileName = value;

        }
    }

}

I have array of string which I want to convert in List of "CustomEntity" using linq. please suggest me how I can do that.

Solution

I would use Linq's Select extension and ToList to convert the IEnumerable (from Select extension) to a list

An Example:

string[] randomArray = new string[3] {"1", "2", "3"};
List<CustomEntity> listOfEntities = randomArray.Select(item => new CustomEntity() { FileName = item } ).ToList();

Comments

[Jon Skeet]

Well, how much research have you done? What's the purpose of your Instance property (which confusingly will return a new instance on each call)? Note that not having an accessible constructor will mean you can't use object initializers.

[WinW]

wouldn't it be sufficient enough to use just: List<CustomEntity> = randomArray.ToList()