Get a property value with only the object and the name of the property (but not the type)
- by Vaccano
Suppose I have a method that passes in the name of a property (as a string) and the object that the property is on (as object).
How could I get the value of the property?
Here is some code to make it a bit more concrete:
protected override void Paint(Graphics g, Rectangle bounds, CurrencyManager source, int rowNum, Brush backBrush, Brush foreBrush, bool alignToRight)
{
// The next line is made up code
var currentValue = source.Current.CoolMethodToTakePropertyNameAndReturnValue(MappingName);
// Paint out the retrieved value
g.DrawString(currentValue.ToString() , _gridFont, new SolidBrush(Color.Black), bounds.Left + 1, bounds.Top);
}
MappingName is the name of the property I want to get the value for. What I need is CoolMethodToTakePropertyNameAndReturnValue.
Any ideas? I am running on the Compact Framework. I would also prefer to avoid reflection (but if that is my only recourse then so be it).
Thanks for any help.
