public static object GetPropValue(string propertyName, object srcobj)

        {

            if (srcobj == null)

                return null;

​

            object obj = srcobj;

​

            // Split property name to parts (propertyName could be hierarchical, like obj.subobj.subobj.property

            string[] propertyNameParts = propertyName.Split('.');

​

            foreach (string propertyNamePart in propertyNameParts)

            {

                if (obj == null) return null;

​

                // propertyNamePart could contain reference to specific 

                // element (by index) inside a collection

                if (!propertyNamePart.Contains("["))

                {

                    PropertyInfo pi = obj.GetType().GetProperty(propertyNamePart);

                    if (pi == null) return null;

                    obj = pi.GetValue(obj, null);

                }

                else

                {   // propertyNamePart is areference to specific element 

                    // (by index) inside a collection

                    // like AggregatedCollection[123]

                    //   get collection name and element index

                    int indexStart = propertyNamePart.IndexOf("[") + 1;

                    string collectionPropertyName = propertyNamePart.Substring(0, indexStart - 1);

                    int collectionElementIndex = Int32.Parse(propertyNamePart.Substring(indexStart, propertyNamePart.Length - indexStart - 1));

                    //   get collection object

                    PropertyInfo pi = obj.GetType().GetProperty(collectionPropertyName);

                    if (pi == null) return null;

                    object unknownCollection = pi.GetValue(obj, null);

                    //   try to process the collection as array

                    if (unknownCollection.GetType().IsArray)

                    {

                        //object[] collectionAsArray = unknownCollection as object[];

                        //obj = collectionAsArray[collectionElementIndex];

                        var enumerable = unknownCollection as IEnumerable;

                        var objArray =enumerable.Cast<object>().ToArray();

                        obj = objArray[collectionElementIndex];

                    }

                    else

                    {

                        //   try to process the collection as IList

                        System.Collections.IList collectionAsList = unknownCollection as System.Collections.IList;

                        if (collectionAsList != null)

                        {

                            obj = collectionAsList[collectionElementIndex];

                        }

                        else

                        {

                            throw new FormatException("Usage of unsupported collection type");

                        }

                    }

                }

            }

​

            return obj;

        }