Create instance of type from 2 strings (type, value)

[codingvista]

Hey

I have the type name as a string and the value also as a string. I want to create a generic method that can return an instance of the type, populated with the value. Is there a method somewhere that can do this or am I going to need to start from scratch?

[Curtis Rutland]

I would think you will have to do this manually. There isn't a way to evaluate strings as statements, as far as I know.

[Plater]

I think you can use System.Reflecti on to create an isntance of a class based on the string.
Don't know much more about it though.

[TRScheel]

I think you can use System.Reflecti on to create an isntance of a class based on the string.
Don't know much more about it though.

While System.Reflecti on will work, its a fairly large tool to use if he is only dealing with a few classes.

To the OP, if you have less than half a dozen classes that might be involved, I would create a method that checked the type and then passed the value to a prewritten parse method in each class (which is really easy to write if you override ToString) and returned the class.

If you have something a bit more extensive I would research System.Reflecti on and Activator.Creat eInstance/Activator.Creat eInstanceFrom