I am storing object values in strings e.g.,
string[] values = new string[] { "213.4", "10", "hello", "MyValue"};
is there any way to generically initialize the appropriate object types? e.g., something like
double foo1 = AwesomeFunction(values[0]);
int foo2 = AwesomeFunction(values[1]);
string foo3 = AwesomeFunction(values[2]);
MyEnum foo4 = AwesomeFunction(values[3]);
where AwesomeFunction is the function I need. The ultimate use is to intialize properties e.g.,
MyObject obj = new MyObject();
PropertyInfo info = typeof(MyObject).GetProperty("SomeProperty");
info.SetValue(obj, AwesomeFunction("20.53"), null);
The reason I need such functionality is I am storing said values in a database, and wish to read them out via a query and then initialize the corresponding properties of an object. Is this going to be possible? The entire object is not being stored in the database, just a few fields which I'd like to read & set dynamically. I know I can do it statically, however that will get tedious, hard to maintain, and prone to mistakes with numerous different fields/properties are being read.
EDIT: Bonus points if AwesomeFunction can work with custom classes which specify a constructor that takes in a string!
EDIT2: The destination type can be know via the PropertyType, in the specific case where I want to use this type of functionality. I think Enums Would be easy to parse with this e.g.,
Type destinationType = info.PropertyType;
Enum.Parse(destinationType, "MyValue");