Populate objects from dataset thru reflection

[MyPantsAreAlive]

Hi all,

I need to populate the objects defined in a config file from a dataset using reflection. The config file will have the field information for the objects. Can anyone tell me how to go about it? Thanks!

[jmcilhinney]

Can you be a bit more specific? What exactly does the config file contain? Are you saying that there are no actual existing types that you can create instances of, but rather that you want to create a type on the fly with properties that correspond to entries in the config file?

[MyPantsAreAlive]

You are correct.

Actually I have to generate an XML feed. I have an XSD schema which is converted to a serializable VB class using XSDObjectGen or Svcutil tool. The data which is in the form of a dataset is mapped to the XSD object. The XSD object is finally serialized to generate the final Xml document. What I am trying to do is have a config (XML file) define the XSD objects (so that later on any new objects can be added without any major changes). Also, since the dataset has multiple records I am thinking of populating the XSD class objects from dataset using reflection.

Thanks for the response!