Resolve a web part by list name in SharePoint

resolveWebpartList.cs

// called from code behind
Utilities.ResolveWebPartList("MyListName", MyListWebPart);


// In a utilities class
internal static void ResolveWebPartList(string listName, XsltListViewWebPart listViewWebPart)
{
    using (var site = new SPSite(SPContext.Current.Web.Url))
    using (var web = site.OpenWeb())
    {
        var theList = web.Lists[listName];
        if (theList == null)
        {
            throw new NullReferenceException(string.Format("The specified list '{0}' does not exist in the site '{1}'.", listName, SPContext.Current.Web.Url));
        }
        listViewWebPart.ListId = theList.ID;
        listViewWebPart.ListUrl = theList.DefaultViewUrl;
        listViewWebPart.ViewGuid = theList.DefaultView.ID.ToString();
        listViewWebPart.WebId = web.ID;
    }
}