Converting/Changing Types of Generic List

Suppose we have a base entity class called BaseEntity.

We create a child Entity named Status inheriting BaseEntity

public class Status: BaseEntity

Now lets assume we have two Generic List

List<BaseEntity> mainList = new List<BaseEntity>();
List<Status> childList;

Now we want to convert mainList to childList and this can be converted easily by using Cast extension method that can be found under System.Linq

childList =  mainList.Cast<Status>().ToList();

Happy Conversion!!!