Question

I have an instance of a class called AccessData, which inherits from DbContext. So it is an Entity Framework code first context class and looks like this…

public class AccessData : DbContext
{
    public DbSet<apps_Apps> apps_AppsList;
    public DbSet<apps_AppsOld> apps_AppsOldList;
    ...
    //Several other DbSet<> properties
}

Using Reflections, I have identified one of these DbSet properties on the AccessData object like this…

var listField = accessData.GetType().GetField(typeName + "List");

I now need to be able to add objects to this DbSet property.

Given that I only have a FieldInfo object that represents the DbSet field, how do I call the Add method of this particular Field on the AccessData object and pass in an object?

Or in other words how do I call the following?

accessData.<FieldInfoType>.Add(obj);

Hope this makes sense.

Answer 1

Get the field’s value:

object fldVal = listField.GetValue(accessData);

Get the MethodInfo for the method you want to invoke:

MethodInfo addMethod = fldVal.GetType().GetMethod("Add", new Type[] { typeof(obj) });

And invoke it:

addMethod.Invoke(fldVal, new object[] { obj });

Or if you’re using .NET 4, you may be able to use the new dynamic keyword to simplify the last 2 steps:

dynamic fldVal = listField.GetValue(accessData);
fldVal.Add(obj);