extending Convert.ChangeType to produce user-defined types on request

Question

Given the class:

public class Foo
{
    public string Name { get; set; }
}

Is it possible to have a Foo instance created from a string thro

Answer 1

object value1 = "one";

Foo value2 = (Foo) System.Convert.ChangeType(value, typeof(Foo));

Edit:

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Ok then, if you are trying to create type of Foo from string, you could use reflection:

String controlToCreate = "Foo";
Type typeofControl = Type.GetType(controlToCreate,true);