/// <summary>
/// This is used to set the named property to the specified value
/// using Reflection.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="name">The name of the property to set</param>
/// <param name="value">The value to which it is set</param>
/// <remarks>Property name matching is case insensitive as are the
/// values themselves. This is used to allow setting of simple project
/// properties (non-collection) using command line parameters in the
/// console mode builder.</remarks>
/// <exception cref="ArgumentNullException">This is thrown if the
/// name parameter is null or an empty string.</exception>
/// <exception cref="BuilderException">This is thrown if an error
/// occurs while trying to set the named property.</exception>
/// <returns>The parsed object value to which the property was set.</returns>
protected object SetProperty(string name, string value)
{
TypeConverter tc;
object parsedValue;
if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(name))
{
throw new ArgumentNullException("name");
}
// Get all public instance properties for the project class
if (propertyCache == null)
{
propertyCache = project.GetType().GetProperties(
BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.Instance);
}
foreach (PropertyInfo property in propertyCache)
{
if (String.Compare(name, property.Name,
StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) == 0 && property.CanWrite)
{
try
{
if (property.PropertyType.IsEnum)
{
parsedValue = Enum.Parse(property.PropertyType, value, true);
}
else
if (property.PropertyType == typeof(Version))
{
parsedValue = new Version(value);
}
else
if (property.PropertyType == typeof(FilePath))
{
parsedValue = new FilePath(value, project);
}
else
if (property.PropertyType == typeof(FolderPath))
{
parsedValue = new FolderPath(value, project);
}
else
{
tc = TypeDescriptor.GetConverter(property.PropertyType);
parsedValue = tc.ConvertFromString(value);
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
// Ignore exceptions for the Language property. A few people have had an environment
// variable with that name that gets picked up as a default and the value isn't typically
// valid for a culture name.
if (!name.Equals("Language", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
{
throw new BuilderException("CVT0001", "Unable to parse value '" + value +
"' for property '" + name + "'", ex);
}
parsedValue = null;
}
property.SetValue(project, parsedValue, null);
return(parsedValue);
}
}
throw new BuilderException("CVT0002", "An attempt was made to " +
"set an unknown or read-only property: " + name + " Value: " + value);
}
