"Geo" <biggeo@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi All,
>
> I have a "huge" class with many attributes and need to change the value of
> some them. The attribute with the value that has to be changed is read
> from a xml file, i.e.:
>
> class SalesOrder {
> ... private variables...
>
> public string Id {
> get { return _id; }
> set { _id = value; }
> }
> public int Number {
> get { return _number; }
> set { _number = value; }
> }
> ... and about 30 properties more...
> }
>
> the xml file is something like:
> <SalesOrder>
> <Modify field="Number" value="45" />
> <Modify field="Date" value="06/25/2007" />
> <Modify field="CustomerCode" value="MLT2384" />
> ... and so on...
> </SalesOrder>
>
> Finally, I defined an object and read the fields and values:
>
> SalesOrder myOrder = new SalesOrder();
> ...
> XmlReader reader = XmlReader.Create("settings.xml", settings);
> ...
> fieldName = reader.GetAttribute("field");
> fieldValue = reader.GetAttribute("value");
> ...
>
> Now, I'd like to avoid the following code, where I have to check for every
> attribute:
>
> if (fieldName == "Number")
> myOrder.Number = fieldValue;
> else if (fieldName == "CustomerCode")
> myOrder.CustomerCode = fieldValue;
>
> Is there any way to do this more efficiently? Any code like:
>
> myOrder.Set(fieldName, fieldValue);
> or...
> myOrder[fieldName] = fieldValue;
>
>
> Thanks in Advance !!!