title: Setting properties with reflection on static classes
body: <p>I want to make a static class that would load some settings from XML file and apply those settings to its own properties.</p>
  
  <p>I am trying to use the following code but I don't really know what to give to the SetValue method since the class for which we want to set the property is static.</p>
  
  <pre><code>// some code removed ...
  Type settingsType = typeof(Settings);   // Settings is a static class
  
  foreach (PropertyInfo propertyInformation in settingsType.GetProperties(BindingFlags.Public |
                                    BindingFlags.Static))
  {
          //------------------------------------------------------------
          //  Determine if configured setting matches current setting based on name
          //------------------------------------------------------------
          if (propertyInformation.Name.Equals(name, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
          {
          //------------------------------------------------------------
          //  Attempt to apply configured setting
          //------------------------------------------------------------
          try
          {
          if (propertyInformation.CanWrite)
          {
          propertyInformation.SetValue(this, Convert.ChangeType(value, propertyInformation.PropertyType, CultureInfo.CurrentCulture), null);
          }
          }
          catch
          {
          }
              break;
          }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>}</p>
  
  <p>Is it even possible to set properties on static classes with reflection?</p>