Tips for LINQ: Fill any generic List from a DataTable

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Data;
//This is neccesary in order to "navigate" throught the class members
using System.Reflection; 

namespace FromDataTableToGenericListExample
{
    //In order to return any generic container (in this example is a list)
    //,the class must be generic
    public class DataFiller<T>
    {
        public List<T> FromDataTableToList(DataTable dataTable)
        {
            //This create a new list with the same type of the generic class
            List<T> genericList = new List<T>();

            //Obtains the type of the generic class
            Type t = typeof(T);
            //Obtains the properties definition of the generic class.
            //With this, we are going to know the property names of the class
            PropertyInfo[] pi = t.GetProperties();

            //For each row in the datatable
            foreach (DataRow row in dataTable.Rows)
            {
                //Create a new instance of the generic class
                object defaultInstance = Activator.CreateInstance(t);

                //For each property in the properties of the class
                foreach (PropertyInfo prop in pi)
                {
                    try
                    {
                        //Get the value of the row according to the field name
                        //Remember that the class´s members and the table´s field names
                        //must be identical
                        object columnvalue = row[prop.Name];

                        //Know check if the value is null. If not, it will be added to the instance
                        if (columnvalue!= DBNull.Value)
                        {
                            //Set the value dinamically. Now you need to pass as an argument
                            //an instance class of the generic class. This instance has been
                            //created with Activator.CreateInstance(t)
                            prop.SetValue(defaultInstance, columnvalue, null);
                        }
                    }
                    catch (Exception ex)
                    {
                        Console.WriteLine(prop.Name + ": " + ex.ToString());
                        return null;
                    }
                }

                //Now, create a class of the same type of the generic class. 
                //Then a conversion it´s done to set the value
                T myclass = (T)defaultInstance;
                //Add the generic instance to the generic list
                genericList.Add(myclass);

            }

            //At this moment, the generic list contains all de datatable values
            return genericList;
        }
    }
}