Error using Action(T, object)

Question

I'm debugging someone else's source code, and I'm not really sure how it works, so am a bit stuck.

This code:

List<string> source = new List<string>();
for (int ordinal = 0; ordinal < dbDataReader.FieldCount; ++ordinal)
    source.Add(dbDataReader.GetName(ordinal));
var list = source.Select(n => new {
                                    n = n,
                                    prop = props.FirstOrDefault<DB.PropInfo<T>>((Func<DB.PropInfo<T>, bool>)(p => string.Equals(p.Name, n, StringComparison.Ordinal)))
                                    ?? props.FirstOrDefault<DB.PropInfo<T>>((Func<DB.PropInfo<T>, bool>)(p => string.Equals(p.Name, n, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)))
                                  }
                        )
                 .Select(param0 => new { Name = param0.n, Property = param0.prop })
                 .ToList();

while (dbDataReader.Read())
{
    T instance = Activator.CreateInstance<T>();
    foreach (var data in list)
        data.Property.Setter(instance, Convert.ChangeType(dbDataReader[data.Name], data.Property.Type)); // ERROR HERE
    objList.Add(instance);
}

throws this exception:

ArgumentException: Static property requires null instance, non-static property requires non-null instance. Parameter name: property

The variables instance and data all have what look like valid values.

What is wrong here, please?

Answer 1

What about a quick dirty fix?

foreach (var data in list)
{
    try
    {
        data.Property.Setter(instance, Convert.ChangeType(dbDataReader[data.Name], data.Property.Type));
    }
    catch(ArgumentException e)
    {
        data.Property.Setter(default(T), Convert.ChangeType(dbDataReader[data.Name], data.Property.Type));
    }
}