Getting Nested Object Property Value Using Reflection

Question

I have the following two classes:

public class Address
{
    public string AddressLine1 { get; set; }
    public string AddressLine2 { get; set; }
    public         


        

Answer 1

This will work for unlimited number of nested property.

public object GetPropertyValue(object obj, string propertyName)
{
    var _propertyNames = propertyName.Split('.');

    for (var i = 0; i < _propertyNames.Length; i++)
    {
        if (obj != null)
        {
            var _propertyInfo = obj.GetType().GetProperty(_propertyNames[i]);
            if (_propertyInfo != null)
                obj = _propertyInfo.GetValue(obj);
            else
                obj = null;
        }
    }

    return obj;
}

Usage:

GetPropertyValue(_employee, "Firstname");
GetPropertyValue(_employee, "Address.State");
GetPropertyValue(_employee, "Address.Country.Name");