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Return the enumerable as a List of T, copying if required.

Demo Code

// Copyright (c) Microsoft Open Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
using System.Linq;
using System.Diagnostics.Contracts;
using System.Collections.ObjectModel;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System;/*from w w w.ja  va  2 s  .com*/

public class Main{
        /// <summary>
        /// Return the enumerable as a List of T, copying if required. Optimized for common case where it is an List of T 
        /// or a ListWrapperCollection of T. Avoid mutating the return value.
        /// </summary>
        public static List<T> AsList<T>(this IEnumerable<T> enumerable)
        {
            Contract.Assert(enumerable != null);

            List<T> list = enumerable as List<T>;
            if (list != null)
            {
                return list;
            }
            ListWrapperCollection<T> listWrapper = enumerable as ListWrapperCollection<T>;
            if (listWrapper != null)
            {
                return listWrapper.ItemsList;
            }
            return new List<T>(enumerable);
        }
}

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