Below is the method to output Generic list of objects as string.
UPDATE: I've replaced my original function with the code suggested by (see his comment below).
public static string ToString<T>(IEnumerable<T> messages, string sComment)
{
StringBuilder sRet = new StringBuilder(sComment);
if (messages != null)
{
foreach (T msg in messages)
{
sRet.AppendLine(msg.ToString());
}
}
return sRet.ToString();
}
/// <summary>
///
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="T"></typeparam>
/// <param name="messages"></param>
/// <param name="separator"></param>
/// <param name="sComment"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
/// See also http://www.codemeit.com/linq/c-array-delimited-tostring.html
public static string ToString<T>(this IEnumerable<T> messages, string separator, string sComment)
{
if (messages == null)
throw new ArgumentException("source can not be null.");
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(sComment);
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(separator))
{
separator = Environment.NewLine;
}
if (messages != null)
{
foreach (T msg in messages)
{
if (msg != null)
{
sb.Append(msg.ToString());
sb.Append(separator);
}
}
}
string sRet = StringHelper.TrimEnd(sb.ToString(), separator);
return sRet;
}
Similar function implemented as an extension method described in post:
Separator Delimited ToString for Array, List, Dictionary, Generic IEnumerable