using System;

using System.Collections.Generic;

using System.Data;

public class Program

{

    public static void Main()

    {

        Console.WriteLine("Hello World");

        DataTableConverter<User>.ConvertToList(null, null);

    }

}

​

public interface IModelMapper<T> where T : IModelMapper<T>

{

    static abstract T Map(DataRow dr);  

}

​

public class User : IModelMapper<User>

{

    public string Id { get; set; }

    public string Surname { get; set; }

    public string Name { get; set; }

​

    public User() { }

​

    public static User Map(DataRow dr)

    {

        return new User();

    }

}

​

public class DataTableConverter<T> where T : IModelMapper<T>

{

    public static List<T> ConvertToList(DataTable dt, Type type)

    {

        var results = new List<T>(dt.Rows.Count);

        foreach (DataRow row in dt.Rows)

        {

            results.Add(T.Map(row));

        }

        return results;

    }

}