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Reflection extension method to bind DataRow values to object properties.

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This will populate object properties with values from a DataRow. The DataTable column names must match the property names and types of the target class.

Example:

DataTable dt = new DataTable();
dt.Columns.Add("TestString", typeof(string));
dt.Columns.Add("TestBool", typeof(bool));
dt.Columns.Add("TestInt", typeof(int));
dt.Columns.Add("TestDouble", typeof(double));
dt.Columns.Add("TestDecimal", typeof(decimal));
dt.Columns.Add("TestFloat", typeof(string));

DataRow dr = dt.NewRow();
dr["TestString"] = "Hello";
dr["TestBool"] = false;
dr["TestInt"] = DBNull.Value;
dr["TestDouble"] =4.56;
dr["TestDecimal"] = 7.89m;
dr["TestFloat"] = "3.14f";
dt.Rows.Add(dr);

TestClass tc = new TestClass();
dr.AssignObjectValue(tc);

class TestClass
{
public string TestString { get; set; }
public bool? TestBool { get; set; }
public int? TestInt { get; set; }
public double TestDouble { get; set; }
public decimal TestDecimal { get; set; }
public float TestFloat { get; set; }
}

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  1. <System.Runtime.CompilerServices.Extension()> _
  2.         Public Sub AssignObjectValue(ByVal dr As DataRow, ByVal target As Object)
  3.             For Each dc As DataColumn In dr.Table.Columns
  4.                 Dim colName As String = dc.ColumnName
  5.                 Dim colValue As Object = dr(colName)
  6.  
  7.                 If colValue Is DBNull.Value Then
  8.                     colValue = Nothing
  9.                 End If
  10.  
  11.                 Dim pi As PropertyInfo = target.GetType().GetProperty(colName)
  12.                 If pi IsNot Nothing AndAlso colValue IsNot Nothing Then
  13.                     Dim propType As Type = Nothing
  14.                     Dim nullableType As Type = Nullable.GetUnderlyingType(pi.PropertyType)
  15.  
  16.                     If nullableType IsNot Nothing Then
  17.                         propType = nullableType
  18.                     Else
  19.                         propType = pi.PropertyType
  20.                     End If
  21.  
  22.                     If propType Is colValue.GetType() Then
  23.                         pi.SetValue(target, colValue, Nothing)
  24.                     End If
  25.                 End If
  26.             Next
  27.         End Sub

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