Cleaner way to do a null check in C#? [duplicate]

Answer 1

You could use reflection, to avoid forcing implementation of interfaces and extra code in every class. Simply a Helper class with static method(s). This might not be the most efficient way, be gentle with me, I'm a virgin (read, noob)..

public class Helper
{
    public static bool IsNull(object o, params string[] prop)
    {
        if (o == null)
            return true;

        var v = o;
        foreach (string s in prop)
        {
            PropertyInfo pi = v.GetType().GetProperty(s); //Set flags if not only public props
            v = (pi != null)? pi.GetValue(v, null) : null;
            if (v == null)
                return true;                                
        }

        return false;
    }
}

    //In use
    isNull = Helper.IsNull(p, "ContactPerson", "TheCity");

Offcourse if you have a typo in the propnames, the result will be wrong (most likely)..