Added Extension method for array to DT

FileHelpers.Tests/Tests/Common/ReadersAsDataTable.cs

@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 using System.Collections;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using NUnit.Framework;
+using System.Data;
+
 
 namespace FileHelpers.Tests.CommonTests
 {
@@ -12,26 +14,30 @@ public class ReadersAsDataTable
         public void ReadFile()
         {
             var engine = new FileHelperEngine<SampleType>();
-            var dt = engine.ReadFileAsDT(FileTest.Good.Test1.Path);
+            var records = engine.ReadFile(FileTest.Good.Test1.Path);
+
+            var dt = records.ToDataTable<SampleType>();
 
             Assert.AreEqual(4, dt.Rows.Count);
             Assert.AreEqual(4, engine.TotalRecords);
             Assert.AreEqual(0, engine.ErrorManager.ErrorCount);
 
-            Assert.AreEqual(new DateTime(1314, 12, 11), (DateTime) dt.Rows[0]["Field1"]);
-            Assert.AreEqual("901", (string) dt.Rows[0]["Field2"]);
-            Assert.AreEqual(234, (int) dt.Rows[0]["Field3"]);
+            Assert.AreEqual(new DateTime(1314, 12, 11), (DateTime)dt.Rows[0]["Field1"]);
+            Assert.AreEqual("901", (string)dt.Rows[0]["Field2"]);
+            Assert.AreEqual(234, (int)dt.Rows[0]["Field3"]);
 
-            Assert.AreEqual(new DateTime(1314, 11, 10), (DateTime) dt.Rows[1]["Field1"]);
-            Assert.AreEqual("012", (string) dt.Rows[1]["Field2"]);
-            Assert.AreEqual(345, (int) dt.Rows[1]["Field3"]);
+            Assert.AreEqual(new DateTime(1314, 11, 10), (DateTime)dt.Rows[1]["Field1"]);
+            Assert.AreEqual("012", (string)dt.Rows[1]["Field2"]);
+            Assert.AreEqual(345, dt.Rows[1]["Field3"]);
         }
 
         [Test]
         public void ReadNullableTypes()
         {
             var engine = new FileHelperEngine<NullableType>();
-            var res = engine.ReadFileAsDT(FileTest.Good.NullableTypes1.Path);
+            var records = engine.ReadFile(FileTest.Good.NullableTypes1.Path);
+
+            var res = records.ToDataTable<NullableType>();
 
             Assert.AreEqual(4, res.Rows.Count);
             Assert.AreEqual(4, engine.TotalRecords);

FileHelpers/Core/FileHelperExtensions.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Data;
+using System.Text;
+
+namespace FileHelpers
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Set of Extension methods to be exposed to end users 
+    /// of the FileHelper API.
+    /// </summary>
+    public static class FileHelperExtensions
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Generic extension method for arrays that returns the array records
+        /// in a DataTable.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <typeparam name="T"></typeparam>
+        /// <param name="records">The array to transform into a DataTable</param>
+        /// <returns>The array records in a DataTable.</returns>
+        public static DataTable ToDataTable<T>(this T[] records)
+        {
+            var ri = RecordInfo.Resolve(typeof(T));
+
+            return ri.Operations.RecordsToDataTable(records);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+
+namespace System.Runtime.CompilerServices
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// This is needed per http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1522605/using-extension-methods-in-net-2-0
+    /// This is needed because of the target framework of the project being .NET 2.0. 
+    /// Remove this is the target framework is changed to a higher .NET version.
+    /// </summary>
+    [AttributeUsage(AttributeTargets.Assembly | AttributeTargets.Class | AttributeTargets.Method)]
+    public sealed class ExtensionAttribute : Attribute { }
+}
+

FileHelpers/FileHelpers.csproj

@@ -172,6 +172,7 @@
     <Compile Include="Converters\EnumConverter.cs">
       <SubType>Code</SubType>
     </Compile>
+    <Compile Include="Core\FileHelperExtensions.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Core\RecordInfo.Factory.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Core\ExtractInfo.cs">
       <SubType>Code</SubType>