From 75ddc37cf1b30d2c55a3384c426e1def6504d381 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Chris Cameron <chris.cameron@icdsystems.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2020 16:35:16 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] feat: Added ToCollection extension method for copying an
 enumerable to a new collection

---
 CHANGELOG.md                                  |  3 +++
 .../Extensions/EnumerableExtensions.cs        | 20 +++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 23 insertions(+)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1a1411c..33321e3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Added
+ - Added ToCollection extension method for copying an enumerable to a new collection
+
 ## [11.0.0] - 2020-03-20
 ### Added
  - Added Not null tag for ICDUriBuilder Constructor that takes a URI as an argument.
diff --git a/ICD.Common.Utils/Extensions/EnumerableExtensions.cs b/ICD.Common.Utils/Extensions/EnumerableExtensions.cs
index 2fc8418..eed86f3 100644
--- a/ICD.Common.Utils/Extensions/EnumerableExtensions.cs
+++ b/ICD.Common.Utils/Extensions/EnumerableExtensions.cs
@@ -838,6 +838,26 @@ namespace ICD.Common.Utils.Extensions
 			}
 		}
 
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Creates a new collection and fills it with the items of the enumerable.
+		/// </summary>
+		/// <typeparam name="T"></typeparam>
+		/// <typeparam name="TCollection"></typeparam>
+		/// <param name="extends"></param>
+		/// <returns></returns>
+		public static TCollection ToCollection<T, TCollection>([NotNull] this IEnumerable<T> extends)
+			where TCollection : ICollection<T>
+		{
+			if (extends == null)
+				throw new ArgumentNullException("extends");
+
+			TCollection collection = ReflectionUtils.CreateInstance<TCollection>();
+			foreach (T item in extends)
+				collection.Add(item);
+
+			return collection;
+		}
+
 		/// <summary>
 		/// Returns the sequence as a IcdHashSet.
 		/// </summary>