I came across code where I needed to populate properties in a class dynamically, in a loop. It is pretty straight forward if the type is int, string, date, etc. But when it is an enum, isn’t so easy. I was able to find a solution using the Enum.Parse function. Here is some sample code:
enum AnimalType
{
Dog,
Cat,
Bird
}
class Animal
{
public AnimalType AnimalType { get; set; }
}
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
object target = new Animal ();
var type = target.GetType();
foreach (var p in type.GetProperties())
{
if (p.PropertyType.BaseType == typeof(Enum))
{
var propType = p.PropertyType;
try
{
var e = Enum.Parse(propType, "Dog");
p.SetValue(target, e);
}
finally
{
}
}
}
}
}
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