[RESOLVED] Any change of getting an object property not yet created?

[sapator]

I'm writing this here because the thread has not yet been moved from codebank as I notified.
So that there in codebank should be deleted. I don't know if I can do that I'll try in a while...

On VB you can do object.property1 = "x" on an object with unknown properties.
I cant do that on C# as it complains that it's not contains a definition.
So how can I go about?
The object is returned from a json string that it then build it's properties at runtime.
I believe I have done something similar in the past by using GetValue , so I crafted this:
Code:
public class propertygetter
{
public object this[string propertyName]
{
get { return this.GetType().GetProperty(propertyName).GetValue(this, null); }
}

}
And call it:
var x1 = mresult.JSonDeserializedObjectReturn.GetType().GetProperty("ErrorDescription");

However I end up with another object containing thousand of properties that non reflect to the value. That is a simple null or somestring.

So how can I simulate this vb call?
mistaresult.JSonDeserializedObjectReturn.ErrorDescription ?
Thanks.

[peterst]

Quick hint: dynamic objects, expando object
Link: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/do...ynamic-objects

[sapator]

OMG!
Nop, I'm not gonna write a dozen a pages of declarations to do what VB does in a fraction of a line.
If it does it inside the gettype then fine, else, I'll let it go. Also the object is out of my reach if it needs to be created in a "specific" way.

[jmcilhinney]

That's late binding. The dynamic type was added to C# some time ago to support basically the same thing.

[sapator]

Perfect!
Thanks.