C#: use reflection to obtain reference to instance's member in constructor -

C#: use reflection to obtain reference to instance's member in constructor -

given class

public class myclass { public someobject myobject; public anotherobject myotherobject; // many more members public myclass() { string name = getmembernameandvalue(); // name == "myobject" or "myotherobject" // obtain reference _this_ instance's // fellow member given `name` can set member's value. } }

i don't want obtain new object same type given name, want actual reference fellow member of instance beingness created can set own member's value.

edit: changed name of get function. is, (server call) function not retrieves name of fellow member set, value set to. fellow member (i.e. myobject or myotherobject) set not fixed, , 1 may not set @ all.

edit2: reason intend(ed) utilize reflection list of fellow member objects big , wanted avoid using many if statements or long switch (as recommended in comments below).

based off of msdn entry fieldinfo.setvalue (msdn):

get appropriate fieldinfo object:

fieldinfo myfieldinfo = mytype.getfield(name, bindingflags.nonpublic | bindingflags.instance);

set value:

myfieldinfo.setvalue(this, new someobject());

as reflection, not efficient; , there lots of places assign wrong type, etc. careful when doing this. without seeing more code, unlikely actually want utilize reflection here.

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