WPF - Getting a property value from a binding path

I found a way to do this, but it's quite ugly and probably not very fast... Basically, the idea is to create a binding with the given path and apply it to a property of a dependency object. That way, the binding does all the work of retrieving the value:

public static class PropertyPathHelper{    public static object GetValue(object obj, string propertyPath)    {        Binding binding = new Binding(propertyPath);        binding.Mode = BindingMode.OneTime;        binding.Source = obj;        BindingOperations.SetBinding(_dummy, Dummy.ValueProperty, binding);        return _dummy.GetValue(Dummy.ValueProperty);    }    private static readonly Dummy _dummy = new Dummy();    private class Dummy : DependencyObject    {        public static readonly DependencyProperty ValueProperty =            DependencyProperty.Register("Value", typeof(object), typeof(Dummy), new UIPropertyMetadata(null));    }}

I developed a nuget package Pather.CSharp that does exactly what you need.

It contains a class Resolver that has a Resolve method which behaves like @ThomasLevesque's GetValue method.
Example:

IResolver resolver = new Resolver(); var o = new { Property1 = Property2 = "value" } }; var path = "Property1.Property2";    object result = r.Resolve(o, path); //the result is the string "value"

It even supports collection access via index or dictionary access via key.
Example paths for these are:

"ArrayProperty[5]""DictionaryProperty[Key]"

not sure what you want to do but and how (xaml or code) yet you can always name your object

<MyObject x:Name="myBindingObject" ... />

an then use it in code

myBindingObject.Something.Name

or in xaml

<BeginStoryboard> <Storyboard>    <DoubleAnimation        Storyboard.TargetName="myBindingObject"        Storyboard.TargetProperty="Background"        To="AA2343434" Duration="0:0:2" >    </DoubleAnimation> </Storyboard></BeginStoryboard>