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

Since dynamics were added to c#, I think we can do it in this way:

class Program {
    static void Main(string[] args) {
        List c = new List(); 
        double i = 10.0;
        Type intType = typeof(int);
        c.Add(CastHelper.Cast(i, intType)); // works, no exception!
    }
}

class CastHelper {
    public static dynamic Cast(object src, Type t) {
        var castMethod = typeof(CastHelper).GetMethod("CastGeneric").MakeGenericMethod(t);
        return castMethod.Invoke(null, new[] { src });
    }
    public static T CastGeneric(object src) {
        return (T)Convert.ChangeType(src, typeof(T));
    }
}