Is possible to cast a variable to a type stored in another variable?

Question

This is what I need to do:

object foo = GetFoo();
Type t = typeof(BarType);
(foo as t).FunctionThatExistsInBarType();

Can something like th

Answer 1

You can use the Convert.ChangeType method.

object foo = GetFoo(); 
Type t = typeof(string);
string bar = (string)Convert.ChangeType(foo, t);