Cast a property to its actual type dynamically using reflection

public object CastPropertyValue(PropertyInfo property, string value) { 
if (property == null || String.IsNullOrEmpty(value))
    return null;
if (property.PropertyType.IsEnum)
{
    Type enumType = property.PropertyType;
    if (Enum.IsDefined(enumType, value))
        return Enum.Parse(enumType, value);
}
if (property.PropertyType == typeof(bool))
    return value == "1" || value == "true" || value == "on" || value == "checked";
else if (property.PropertyType == typeof(Uri))
    return new Uri(Convert.ToString(value));
else
    return Convert.ChangeType(value, property.PropertyType);  }

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