Using reflection to get values from properties from a list of a class

Question

I am trying to get the values from objects inside a list which is part of a main object.

I have the main object which contains various properties which can be collec

Answer 1

See if something like this helps you in the right direction: I got the same error a while back and this code snipped solved my issue.

PropertyInfo[] properties = MyClass.GetType().GetProperties();
foreach (PropertyInfo property in properties)
{
  if (property.Name == "MyProperty")
  {
   object value = results.GetType().GetProperty(property.Name).GetValue(MyClass, null);
   if (value != null)
   {
     //assign the value
   }
  }
}

Answer 2

To Get/Set using reflection you need an instance. To loop through the items in the list try this:

PropertyInfo piTheList = MyObject.GetType().GetProperty("TheList"); //Gets the properties

IList oTheList = piTheList.GetValue(MyObject, null) as IList;

//Now that I have the list object I extract the inner class and get the value of the property I want

PropertyInfo piTheValue = piTheList.PropertyType.GetGenericArguments()[0].GetProperty("TheValue");

foreach (var listItem in oTheList)
{
    object theValue = piTheValue.GetValue(listItem, null);
    piTheValue.SetValue(listItem,"new",null);  // <-- set to an appropriate value
}