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Set the value of a property that has been declared as an Enum type using reflection
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#region License and Copyright
/*
* Dotnet Commons Reflection
*
* Copyright 2005. EDWARD LIM
*
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#endregion
using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Specialized;
using System.Reflection;
//using Dotnet.Commons.Lang;
namespace Dotnet.Commons.Reflection
{
///
/// <summary>
/// This class contains utility methods that perform operations on object properties.
/// </summary>
///
/// <remarks>
/// Copyright 2006 by Edward Lim.
/// All rights reserved.
/// </remarks>
///
public sealed class PropertyUtils
{
private PropertyUtils() {}
/// --------------------------------------------------------------------
/// <summary>
/// Set the value of a property that has been declared as an Enum type using reflection
/// </summary>
/// <param name="targetObj">target object in which property is to be set</param>
/// <param name="propertyName">name of the property</param>
/// <param name="propertyValue">value of the object to be set</param>
/// <param name="ignoreCase">ignore case sensitivity</param>
/// <returns>null if target object or is null, else target object with property set if property if found</returns>
/// <exception cref="ArgumentException">if the propertyName is null or empty</exception>
/// --------------------------------------------------------------------
public static object SetEnumTypeProperty(object targetObj, string propertyName, object propertyValue, bool ignoreCase)
{
if (targetObj == null)
return null;
if ((propertyName == null) || (propertyName.Length < 1))
{
throw new ArgumentException("propertyName cannot be null or empty.");
}
if (propertyValue == null)
return targetObj;
PropertyInfo propInfo = targetObj.GetType().GetProperty(propertyName);
if (propInfo == null)
return targetObj;
if (!propInfo.PropertyType.IsEnum)
throw new ArgumentException("property " + propertyName + " is not an Enum type");
if (propertyValue is String)
propertyValue = Enum.Parse(propInfo.PropertyType, (string) propertyValue, ignoreCase);
propInfo.SetValue(targetObj, Enum.ToObject(propInfo.PropertyType, Convert.ToUInt64(propertyValue)), null);
return targetObj;
}
}
}
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