System.LINQ.Dynamic: Select(“ new classname (…)”) into a List<T> (or any other enumerable collection of <T>)

Question

What I want but instead of doing

var carsPartial = cars.Select("new(name, year)").ToList();

I want to do this:

var carsPartial = cars.Select<car>("new car(name, year)").ToList<car>();

Thanks again and ask for clarification if needed.

car class:

 public class car
{
    public string name { get; set; }
    public int year { get; set; }
}

What is in cars: a bunch of cars data with names and years sort of like a database.

Answer 1

Do you know the generic part of the Select at compile time? In your example, is known, or is that also 'dynamic'? If it is known, then you should be able to do (didn't test it):

var carsPartial = cars.Select("new car(name, year)").Cast<car>().ToList();