How to dynamically cast an object of type string to an object of type T

Question

I have this XML document

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Answer 1

The simple solution, assuming there is a limited number of possible types;

object GetValueObject(string type, string value)
{
  switch (type)
  {
    case "System.Boolean":
      return Boolean.Parse(value);
    case "System.Int32":
      return Int32.Parse(value);
    ...
    default:
      return value;
  }
}  

var type = publishNode.Attributes["Type"].value;
var value = publishNode.InnerText;
var valueObject = GetValueObject(type, value);