static void

using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
 
/// <summary>
/// Fills a GridView with paged data
/// </summary>
public static class GridViewFiller
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Fills the specified gridview with a page of data.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="gv">The gridview.</param>
    /// <param name="list">The single page of data.</param>
    /// <param name="count">The total count (to work out number of pages).</param>
    /// <param name="pageSize">Size of the page.</param>
    public static void Fill(GridView gv, IList<object> list, int count, int pageSize)
    {
        //create an ObjectDateSource object programmatically
        ObjectDataSource ods = new ObjectDataSource();
        ods.ID = "ods" + gv.ID;
 
        ods.EnablePaging = gv.AllowPaging;
        ods.TypeName = "ObjectAdaptor"; //can be a common base class
        ods.SelectMethod = "Select";
        ods.SelectCountMethod = "Count";
        ods.StartRowIndexParameterName = "startRowIndex";
        ods.MaximumRowsParameterName = "maximumRows";
        ods.EnableViewState = false;
        //when creating, inject the data into the table adaptor
        ods.ObjectCreating += delegate(object sender, ObjectDataSourceEventArgs e)
                                  { e.ObjectInstance = new ObjectAdaptor(list, count); };
 
        gv.PageSize = pageSize;
        gv.DataSource = ods;
        gv.DataBind();
    }
}