Suppose I have a method that passes in the name of a property (as a string) and the object that the property is on (as object).

How could I get the value of the property?

Here is some code to make it a bit more concrete:

protected override void Paint(Graphics g, Rectangle bounds, CurrencyManager source, int rowNum, Brush backBrush, Brush foreBrush, bool alignToRight)
{
   // The next line is made up code
   var currentValue = source.Current.CoolMethodToTakePropertyNameAndReturnValue(MappingName);

   // Paint out the retrieved value
   g.DrawString(currentValue.ToString() , _gridFont, new SolidBrush(Color.Black), bounds.Left + 1, bounds.Top);
}

MappingName is the name of the property I want to get the value for. What I need is CoolMethodToTakePropertyNameAndReturnValue.

Any ideas? I am running on the Compact Framework. I would also prefer to avoid reflection (but if that is my only recourse then so be it).

Thanks for any help.