Question:

I receive an "Object reference not set to instance of an object" error while trying to convert a DataTable into a viewmodel containing rows and columns.

<h2>ViewModel</h2> public class ViewModel { public List<ColumnViewModel> Columns { get; set; } public List<RowViewModel> Rows { get; set; } } public class ColumnViewModel { public string Name { get; set; } } public class RowViewModel { public List<CellValueViewModel> Values { get; set; } } public class CellValueViewModel { public string Value { get; set; } } <h2>Model</h2> ViewModel myViewModel = new ViewModel(); CellValueViewModel myCellValueViewModel = new CellValueViewModel(); RowViewModel myRowViewModel = new RowViewModel(); foreach (DataColumn column in GridData.Columns) { ColumnViewModel myColumnViewModel = new ColumnViewModel(); myColumnViewModel.Name = column.ColumnName; myViewModel.Columns.Add(myColumnViewModel); }

The error occurs at myViewModel.Columns.Add(myColumnViewModel); I do not understand why this is happening since Ive instantiated each object that Im using here.

Well, you never assigned the Columns property a value. Make sure you have instantiated it before attempting to add values to this list:

ViewModel myViewModel = new ViewModel(); myViewModel.Columns = new List<ColumnViewModel>();