C#: instantiating classes from XML

Question

What I have is a collection of classes that all implement the same interface but can be pretty wildly different under the hood. I want to have a config file control which of the

Answer 1

Reflection allows you to do that. You also may want to look at XML Serialization.

Type type = blah.GetType();
PropertyInfo prop = type.GetProperty("prop1");
prop.SetValue(blah, "foo", null);