'casting' with reflection

Question

Consider the following sample code:

class SampleClass
{
    public long SomeProperty { get; set; }
}

public void SetValue(SampleClass instance, decimal valu         


        

Answer 1

This is a very old question but I thought I'd chime in for ASP.NET Core Googlers.

In ASP.NET Core, .IsNullableType() is protected (amongst other changes) so the code is a tad different. Here's @jeroenh's answer modified to work in ASP.NET Core:

void SetValue(PropertyInfo info, object instance, object value)
{
    Type proptype = info.PropertyType;
    if (proptype.IsGenericType && proptype.GetGenericTypeDefinition().Equals(typeof(Nullable<>)))
    {
        proptype = new NullableConverter(info.PropertyType).UnderlyingType;
    }

    var convertedValue = Convert.ChangeType(value, proptype);
    info.SetValue(instance, convertedValue);
}