Use reflection to get the value of a property by name in a class instance

Question

Lets say I have

class Person
{
    public Person(int age, string name)
    {
        Age = age;
        Name = name; 
    }
    public int Age{get;set}
             


        

Answer 1

ClassInstance.GetType.GetProperties() will get you your list of PropertyInfo objects. Spin through the PropertyInfos checking PropertyInfo.Name against propName. If they're equal then call the GetValue method of the PropertyInfo class to get its value.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.reflection.propertyinfo.aspx