Question

I have instances of class A and B, and both classes implement a member ‘Text’. Is there a way to access member Text in a generic way?
I’m hoping for something analogous to the javascript way of simply saying:

instance['Text'] = value;

Note: these two classes unfortunately do not both implement the same interface with a Text member.

Answer 1

Unlike javascript, C# is a static language and if both classes don’t implement a common interface or base class you could use reflection to achieve the same goal.

instance.GetType().GetProperty("Text").SetValue(instance, "new value", null);