Notebook extension to render a collection as a table

Jinaga.Notebooks/DataFrameExtensions.cs

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+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Reflection;
+
+using Microsoft.Data.Analysis;
+
+namespace Jinaga.Notebooks;
+
+// Extension method to convert a list of objects into a DataFrame that the Notebook will display as a table.
+public static class DataFrameExtensions
+{
+    public static DataFrame AsTable<T>(this IEnumerable<T> source)
+    {
+        if (source == null)
+            throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(source));
+
+        var dataFrame = new DataFrame();
+        var properties = typeof(T).GetProperties(BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.Instance);
+
+        if (!properties.Any())
+            throw new InvalidOperationException($"Type {typeof(T).Name} has no public instance properties.");
+
+        // Create columns for each property
+        foreach (var prop in properties)
+        {
+            var propertyType = prop.PropertyType;
+            if (propertyType == typeof(string))
+            {
+                var values = source.Select(item => (string)prop.GetValue(item)).ToList();
+                dataFrame.Columns.Add(new StringDataFrameColumn(prop.Name, values));
+            }
+            else if (propertyType == typeof(int) || propertyType == typeof(int?))
+            {
+                var values = source.Select(item => (int?)prop.GetValue(item)).ToList();
+                dataFrame.Columns.Add(new Int32DataFrameColumn(prop.Name, values));
+            }
+            else if (propertyType == typeof(double) || propertyType == typeof(double?))
+            {
+                var values = source.Select(item => (double?)prop.GetValue(item)).ToList();
+                dataFrame.Columns.Add(new DoubleDataFrameColumn(prop.Name, values));
+            }
+            else if (propertyType == typeof(bool) || propertyType == typeof(bool?))
+            {
+                var values = source.Select(item => (bool?)prop.GetValue(item)).ToList();
+                dataFrame.Columns.Add(new BooleanDataFrameColumn(prop.Name, values));
+            }
+            else if (propertyType == typeof(DateTime) || propertyType == typeof(DateTime?))
+            {
+                var values = source.Select(item => (DateTime?)prop.GetValue(item)).ToList();
+                dataFrame.Columns.Add(new PrimitiveDataFrameColumn<DateTime>(prop.Name, values));
+            }
+            else
+                throw new NotSupportedException($"Property type {propertyType.Name} is not supported.");
+        }
+
+        return dataFrame;
+    }
+}

Jinaga.Notebooks/Jinaga.Notebooks.csproj

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   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Html.Abstractions" Version="2.2.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Data.Analysis" Version="0.22.0" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>