Why would you expect to be able to cast? The object isn't an instance of CategoryObjCollection
. The point of reference type casts (when they're actually casting rather than invoking explicit conversions) is to tell the compiler that you believe the execution time type of the object is actually compatible with the type you specify, so that you can use members of that specific type (after the execution time test). In this case, the ToList
extension method just creates a new List<T>
.
More to the point, what is your CategoryObjCollection
type meant to achieve in the first place? If it has any state other than the normal list, where would you expect that state to come from after your LINQ query? If it doesn't have any other state, is it really adding any benefit? Maybe your type should actually contain a list rather than deriving from it? Then you could create a new instance of the type using the results of the query.
In general, it's usually a design smell to derive from List<T>
. It doesn't provide many ways to specialize its "listiness" (unlike, say, Collection<T>
). It's usually a sign that you should be thinking of composition instead of inheritance.
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