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Ryan
Ryan

Reputation: 24422

Generics - call a method on every object in a List<T>

Is there a way to call a method on every object in a List - e.g.

Instead of

List<MyClass> items = setup();

foreach (MyClass item in items)
   item.SomeMethod();

You could do something like

foreach(items).SomeMethod();

Anything built in, extension methods, or am I just being too damn lazy?

Upvotes: 29

Views: 29431

Answers (4)

Anya Hope
Anya Hope

Reputation: 1361

If you need to change a property on MyClass using MyMethod, use the 'Pipe' method from Jon Skeet's morelinq library

items = items.Pipe<MyClass>(i => i.Text = i.UpdateText()).ToList()

The possibilities are endless! :)

Upvotes: 1

Roman
Roman

Reputation: 20246

Lists have a ForEach method. You could also create an IEnumerable extension method, but it kind of goes against the spirit of Linq.

Upvotes: 4

Brian Genisio
Brian Genisio

Reputation: 48127

Yes, on List<T>, there is:

items.ForEach(item => item.SomeMethod())

The oddity is that this is only available on List<T>, not IList<T> or IEnumerable<T>

To fix this, I like to add the following extension method:

public static class IEnumerableExtensions
{
    public static void ForEach<T>(this IEnumerable<T> items, Action<T> action)
    {
        foreach(var item in items)
            action(item);
    }
}

Then, you can use it on ANYTHING that implements IEnumerable<T>... not just List<T>

Upvotes: 56

Tim Coker
Tim Coker

Reputation: 6524

items.ForEach(i => i.SomeMethod());

Upvotes: 15

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