Set object property using reflection

Question

Is there a way in C# where I can use reflection to set an object property?

Ex:

MyObject obj = new MyObject();
obj.Name = \"Value\";

Answer 1

Or you could wrap Marc's one liner inside your own extension class:

public static class PropertyExtension{       

   public static void SetPropertyValue(this object obj, string propName, object value)
    {
        obj.GetType().GetProperty(propName).SetValue(obj, value, null);
    }
}

and call it like this:

myObject.SetPropertyValue("myProperty", "myValue");

For good measure, let's add a method to get a property value:

public static object GetPropertyValue(this object obj, string propName)
{
        return obj.GetType().GetProperty(propName).GetValue (obj, null);
}