It's very easy to convert the ObjectDataSource into a List, The ObjectDataSource don't have datasource property instead of that we will use select property to get the datasource values.
Example C# code given Below.
Example VB code given Below.
Example C# code given Below.
List<DeploymentEntity> codes = (List<DeploymentEntity>)DeploymentsDS.Select;
Example VB code given Below.
Dim codes As List(Of DeploymentEntity) = DirectCast(DeploymentsDS.Select, List(Of DeploymentEntity))