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

Yet another variation. Handles Nullables, as well as situations where the string is null and T is not nullable.

public class TypedProperty : Property where T : IConvertible
{
    public T TypedValue
    {
        get
        {
            if (base.Value == null) return default(T);
            var type = Nullable.GetUnderlyingType(typeof(T)) ?? typeof(T);
            return (T)Convert.ChangeType(base.Value, type);
        }
        set { base.Value = value.ToString(); }
    }
}