Generic type conversion FROM string

Question

I have a class that I want to use to store \"properties\" for another class. These properties simply have a name and a value. Ideally, what I would like is to be able to add

Answer 1

TypeDescriptor.GetConverter(PropertyObject).ConvertFrom(Value)

TypeDescriptor is class having method GetConvertor which accept a Type object and then you can call ConvertFrom method to convert the value for that specified object.