Set the value of a property that has been declared as an Enum type using reflection

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#endregion

using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Specialized;
using System.Reflection;

//using Dotnet.Commons.Lang;

namespace Dotnet.Commons.Reflection
{
///
///

///
///
/// Copyright 2006 by Edward Lim.
/// All rights reserved.
///
///
public sealed class PropertyUtils
{
private PropertyUtils() {}

/// ——————————————————————–
///

/// target object in which property is to be set /// name of the property /// value of the object to be set /// ignore case sensitivity /// null if target object or is null, else target object with property set if property if found
/// if the propertyName is null or empty
/// ——————————————————————–
public static object SetEnumTypeProperty(object targetObj, string propertyName, object propertyValue, bool ignoreCase)
{
if (targetObj == null)
return null;

if ((propertyName == null) || (propertyName.Length < 1)) { throw new ArgumentException("propertyName cannot be null or empty."); } if (propertyValue == null) return targetObj; PropertyInfo propInfo = targetObj.GetType().GetProperty(propertyName); if (propInfo == null) return targetObj; if (!propInfo.PropertyType.IsEnum) throw new ArgumentException("property " + propertyName + " is not an Enum type"); if (propertyValue is String) propertyValue = Enum.Parse(propInfo.PropertyType, (string) propertyValue, ignoreCase); propInfo.SetValue(targetObj, Enum.ToObject(propInfo.PropertyType, Convert.ToUInt64(propertyValue)), null); return targetObj; } } } [/csharp][/csharp][/csharp][/csharp][/csharp][/csharp][/csharp]