c# - How to cast DbSet<T> to List<T> -

given following simplified entity framework 6 context, trying populate list entities having problems how cast (i believe) via reflection.

public class foocontext : dbcontext {    public virtual idbset<fooclass> foo { get; set; }        //... }  public class fooclass {     public int id{ get; set; }     public string name {get; set; }     //...     }  public main() {      using (var context = new foocontext())      {          var sets = typeof(foocontext).getproperties().where(pi => pi.propertytype.isinterface && pi.propertytype.getgenerictypedefinition().tostring().tolower().contains("idbset"));           foreach (var set in sets)          {              //when debug , enumerate on 'value' entire results shown believe reflection part ok.              var value = set.getvalue(context, null);               //always returns null. how can cast dbset<t> list<object> or list<t>?               var list = value list<object>();               //...          }      } } 

i'm doing utility method integration testing doing. trying without using direct inline sql calls (using sqlconnection , sqlcommand etc) access database (as datastore may change oracle etc).

idbset inherits iqueryable<tentity>, ienumerable<tentity>, iqueryable, , ienumerable, can't directly cast list way. list<tentity> of entities in dbset though using .tolist() or .tolistasync()

this creates copy of entities in memory though, should consider operating linq directly on dbset