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

I used lobos answer and it works. But I had a problem with the conversion of doubles because of the culture settings. So I added

return (T)Convert.ChangeType(base.Value, typeof(T), CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);