C# method to get Active Directory properties -

C# method to get Active Directory properties -

i want create method accepts 2 arguments; first beingness username, , sec beingness name of active directory property return... method exists in separate class (sharedmethods.cs) , works fine if define property name locally in method, can't workout how pass in sec argument.

here method:

public static string getaduserproperty(string suser, string sproperty) { principalcontext domain = new principalcontext(contexttype.domain); userprincipal user = userprincipal.findbyidentity(domain, suser); var property = enum.parse<userprincipal>(sproperty, true); homecoming user != null ? property : null; }

and code calling follows;

sdisplayname = sharedmethods.getaduserproperty(susername, "displayname");

currently enum.parse throwing next error:

the non-generic method 'system.enum.parse(system.type, string, bool)' cannot used type arguments

i can work removing enum.parse, , manually specifying property retrieve such:

public static string getaduserproperty(string suser, string sproperty) { principalcontext domain = new principalcontext(contexttype.domain); userprincipal user = userprincipal.findbyidentity(domain, suser); homecoming user != null ? user.displayname : null; }

pretty sure i'm missing obvious, in advance everyone's time.

because userprincipal not enum hard svein suggest possible reflections.

public static string getaduserproperty(string suser, string sproperty) { var domain = new principalcontext(contexttype.domain); var user = userprincipal.findbyidentity(domain, suser); var property = getpropvalue(user, sproperty); homecoming (string) (user != null ? property : null); } public static object getpropvalue(object src, string propname) { homecoming src.gettype().getproperty(propname).getvalue(src, null); }

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