Question

Using JavaScript it’s possible to access an object using the dot notation or array notation.

var myArray = {e1:"elem1",e2:"elem2",e3:"elem3",e4:"elem4"};
var val1 = myArray["e1"];
var val2 = myArray.e1;

Is it possible to accomplish this using C#?

This is what I have attempted:

[AcceptVerbs(HttpVerbs.Post)]
public ActionResult Edit(int id, FormCollection frmVals)
{
  string value;
  Owner owner = new Owner();

  foreach (var key in frmVals.AllKeys)
  {
    value = frmVals[key];
    owner[key] = value;  
  }
}

Answer 1

While there is no way to do this exactly with C#. You could change your code in several ways that may accomplish your goal. First, you could use a Dictionary like this:

var something = new Dictionary<string, object>() {
    { "property", "value"},
    { "property1", 1}
};
foreach (var keyVal in something) {
    var property = keyVal.Key;
    var propertyValue = keyVal.Value;
}

Another option would be to do it dynamically:

dynamic somethingDyn = new System.Dynamic.ExpandoObject();
somethingDyn.property = "value";
somethingDyn.property1 = 1;

var somethingDynDict = (IDictionary<string, object>)somethingDyn;
var propValue = somethingDyn["property"];

foreach (var keyVal in somethingDynDict) {
    var property = keyVal.Key;
    var propertyValue = keyVal.Value;
}

If you need to iterate through properties on a strongly typed object you could use reflection:

var owner = new Metis.Domain.User();
var properties = owner.GetType().GetProperties();
foreach (var prop in properties) {
    object value = prop.GetValue(owner, null);
}