Question

Is there something like Python’s getattr() in C#? I would like to create a window by reading a list which contains the names of controls to put on the window.

Answer 1

There is also Type.InvokeMember.

public static class ReflectionExt {     public static object GetAttr(this object obj, string name)     {         Type type = obj.GetType();         BindingFlags flags = BindingFlags.Instance |                                   BindingFlags.Public |                                   BindingFlags.GetProperty;          return type.InvokeMember(name, flags, Type.DefaultBinder, obj, null);     } } 

Which could be used like:

object value = ReflectionExt.GetAttr(obj, 'PropertyName'); 

or (as an extension method):

object value = obj.GetAttr('PropertyName');