Dictionary mapping strings to properties

Question

I have a class where I would like to return the value of various properties based on a string that I can define as an attribute like so:

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Answer 1

You are on the right track. See below with an example similar to what you have.

Dictionary> dic = new Dictionary>();
private void test()
{
    Button btn = new Button();
    btn.Text = "BlahBlah";
    dic.Add("Value", () => btn.Text);
}

private void test2()
{
    Func outval;
    dic.TryGetValue("Value", out outval);
    MessageBox.Show(outval());
}

In the example test(), I define a new Button class and assign a value to its .Text property. Then I add a new entry into my Dictionary<>. In test2() I retrieve that Func and invoke it, which returns the string value of btn.Text.