using System;

using System.Collections.Generic;

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public class Program

{

    public static void Main()

    {

        var p = new Person {

            Name = "Mark",

            AddressDetail = new List<Address>() {

                new Address {Street = "First St.",

                CountryDetail = new Country {

                    CountryName = "USA"

                } },

                new Address {Street = "abc.",

                CountryDetail = new Country {

                    CountryName = "India"

                } }

            }

        };

        var nested1 = GetPropertyValue(p, "Name");

        var nested2 = GetPropertyValue(p, "AddressDetail.Street");

        var nested3 = GetPropertyValue(p, "AddressDetail.CountryDetail.CountryName");

        Console.WriteLine(nested1);

        Console.WriteLine(nested2);

        Console.WriteLine(nested3);

    }

    public static object GetPropertyValue(object src, string propName)

    {

        if (src == null) throw new ArgumentException("Value cannot be null.", "src");

        if (propName == null) throw new ArgumentException("Value cannot be null.", "propName");

        if(propName.Contains("."))//complex type nested

        {

            var temp = propName.Split(new char[] { '.' }, 2);

            return GetPropertyValue(GetPropertyValue(src, temp[0]), temp[1]);

        }

        else

        {

                if (src.GetType().Name == "List`1")

                {

                    List<Object> collection = new List<Object>((IEnumerable<Object>)src);

                    var prop2 = collection[0].GetType().GetProperty(propName);

                    return prop2 != null ? prop2.GetValue(collection[0], null) : null;

                }

                else

                {

                    var prop = src.GetType().GetProperty(propName);

                    return prop != null ? prop.GetValue(src, null) : null;

                }

        }

    }

}

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public class Person{

    public string Name { get; set;}

    public List<Address> AddressDetail { get; set;}

}

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public class Address{

    public string Street { get; set;}

    public Country CountryDetail { get; set;}

}

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public class Country{

    public string CountryName { get; set;}

}