C#

public class connection {<br />
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private TCPClient _client = new TCPClient();<br />
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public bool Connect(string hostname, int port) {<br />
   try {<br />
        _client.Connect(hostname, port);<br />
        return true;<br />
   } catch {<br />
   return false;<br />
   }<br />
}<br />
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public bool IsConnected() {<br />
   try {<br />
        if (_client.Connected) {<br />
        return true;<br />
        } else {<br />
        return false;<br />
        }<br />
   } catch {<br />
   return false;<br />
   }<br />
}<br />
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}<br />
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object component = null, value = null;

PropertyDescriptor desc = person.FindPropertyDescriptor("Occupation.Address.Road", ref component, ref value);

// In effect this is the equivalent of:
object value = person.Occupation.Address.Road;

/// <summary>
/// Finds property descriptor of object from a property name string.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="obj">Object for which to search.</param>
/// <param name="propertyName">Property, i.e. "Size.Width".</param>
/// <param name="nestedObject">Outputs nested component.</param>
/// <param name="nestedValue">Outputs component value.</param>
/// <returns>Property descriptor.</returns>
public static PropertyDescriptor FindPropertyDescriptor(this object obj, string propertyName, ref object nestedComponent, ref object nestedValue)
{
    // Find required property.
    object activeObject = null, nextObject = obj;

    PropertyDescriptor propDesc = null;
    string propNamePart = "";
    int lastIndex = 0, nextIndex = 0;

    while (nextIndex != -1)
    {
        // Initialize active object.
        activeObject = nextObject;

        // Fetch next property name substring.
        nextIndex = propertyName.IndexOf('.', lastIndex);
        if (nextIndex != -1)
        {
            propNamePart = propertyName.Substring(lastIndex, nextIndex - lastIndex);
            lastIndex = nextIndex + 1;
        }
        else
            propNamePart = propertyName.Substring(lastIndex, propertyName.Length - lastIndex);

        // Fetch nested property.
        PropertyDescriptorCollection activeProperties = TypeDescriptor.GetProperties(activeObject);
        foreach (PropertyDescriptor pDesc in activeProperties)
        {
            if (pDesc.DisplayName == propNamePart)
            {
                propDesc = pDesc;
                break;
            }
        }
        nextObject = propDesc.GetValue(activeObject);
    }
    nestedComponent = activeObject;
    nestedValue = nextObject;
    return propDesc;
}