Implementing a bindable object with dynamic properties

I am trying to make an object in C# that can be bound to a gridview. I have three objects to achieve this. EntryTable, EntryRow and EntryValue. An EntryTable contains a list of EntryRows and an EntryRow contains a list of EntryValues. An Entry value object consists of an attribute name and a value.

The data structure is as follows:

public class EntryTable 
{
    private List<EntryRow> 开发者_JS百科_lERTable = null;
    ...

public class EntryRow
{
    private List<EntryValue> _lEVRow = null;
    ...

public class EntryValue
{
    private string _sFieldName;
    private string _sValue;
    ...

I am aware that bindable object by default will only bind to the top level visible properties. As a result I only see a list of the EntryRow object names like so:

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Norseman.CommandN.Data.CNStore.EntryRow    |
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Norseman.CommandN.Data.CNStore.EntryRow    |
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My end goal is to be able to bind a populated EntryTable to a grid and have the EntryTable object recognize all of the attribute names in all of the EntryRows and display the data as a grid. The catch is that not every EntryRow will have the same number of EntryValues. For example, if I was storing employees, some employees may not have the manager attribute.

I wish to handle the data like so:

First Name |    Last Name  |     Position             |     Manager
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Andrew     |    Milton     |    Software Developer    |     null
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Barry      |   Singleton   |    Web Developer         |     Marcus Manicotti

I've considered entering my data into the traditional System.Data.DataTable model but I would prefer to implement my own object to avoid the overhead.

Any help in this matter would be greatly appreciated.

If you're using WinForms, you can implement ITypedList on the collection. If you're using WPF, you can use ICustomTypeDescriptor on each item.