using System;

using System.Reflection;

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public class Program

{

    public static void Main()

    {

        Type examType = typeof(Example);

        Example exam = new Example();

        PropertyInfo piInstance = examType.GetProperty("StringProperty");       

        piInstance.SetValue(exam, "potato");

        piInstance = examType.GetProperty("IntProperty");       

        piInstance.SetValue(exam, "37"); // throws, even though "37" is parse-able to int, it's not done automatically

    }

}

​

public class Example

{

    private string _stringProperty = "initialValue";

    private int _intProperty = 1;

    public string StringProperty

    {

        get

        {

            return _stringProperty;

        }

​

        set

        {

            _stringProperty = value;

        }

    }

​

    public int IntProperty

    {

        get

        {

            return _intProperty;

        }

​

        set

        {

            _intProperty = value;

        }

    }

}