I'm fairly sure this is possible, but what I want to do is have a generic method where I can pass in an object along with a Expression that will tell the method which Property to use in it's logic.

Can anyone get me started on the syntax for something like this?

Essentially what I would like to code is something like:

Dim firstNameMapper as IColumnMapper = new ColumnMapper(of Author)(Function(x) x.FirstName) Dim someAuthorObject as new Author()

fistNameMapper.Map("Richard", someAuthorObject)

Now the mapper object would know to set the FirstName property to "Richard".

Now using a Function here won't work, I know this... I'm just trying to give an idea what I'm trying to work towards.

Thanks for any help!