Generic method in a non-generic class?

Question

I'm sure I've done this before, but can't find any example of it! Grrr...

For example, I want to convert an IList<T> into a BindingList<T>:

public class ListHelper
{
    public static BindingList<T> ToBindingList(IList<T> data)
    {
        BindingList<T> output = new BindingList<T>();

        foreach (T item in data)
            output.Add(item);

        return output;
    }
}

Answer 1

ToBindingList <T> (...)

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public class ListHelper
{
    public static BindingList<T> ToBindingList<T>(IList<T> data)
    {
        BindingList<T> output = new BindingList<T>();

        foreach (T item in data)
        {
            output.Add(item);
        }

        return output;
    }
}

Answer 2

Wouldn't this be simpler?

public static class Extensions
{
    public static BindingList<T> ToBindingList<T>(this IList<T> list)
    {
        return new BindingList<T>(list);
    }
}

It's so simple that we don't need an extension method ...

Am I missing something?

Answer 3

You can do this by extension method and it would be better.

public static class Extensions
{
    public static BindingList<T> ToBindingList<T>(this IList<T> list) 
    {
        BindingList<T> bindingList = new BindingList<T>();

        foreach (var item in list)
        {
            bindingList.Add(item);
        }

        return bindingList;
    }
}