Question

I have an object User:

 public class User
    {

        public String Name { get; set; }


        public String Name2 { get; set; }


        public String Name3 { get; set; }


    }

Also I have a Key Value set of strings that I want to assign to the object’s properties when I create it:

'Name':'srgrgsdfsdf'
'Name3':'dsfdsfafafd'
'Name2':'dtewtwerwer'
'Name4':'546353452552'

Now I create my object like this

  User user = new User();

  user.Name = "zzxasdas";

The problem is that I want to be able to assign the Key/Value data dynamically. This means that some of the items can be missing or the order may be different.

How can I check the name of the object properties dynamically and compare it with the Key like this:?

foreach [key] in Key/Value 
if [user] has property named [key] 
add [value] to [user] property with the name [key] 

Answer 1

You would need to use Reflection to do this.

In particular, Type.GetProperties or Type.GetProperty will allow you to discover information about the properties defined on a type, and get or set their values.

This might look something like:

User user = new User();

Type t = user.GetType();
foreach(var kvp in propertyDictionary)
{
    var prop = t.GetProperty(kvp.Key);
    if (prop != null)
       prop.SetValue(user, kvp.Value);
}