How to access property of anonymous type? - dynamic

Question

Considering this IronPython script
def SensorEvent(d):
print d
print d.Message
... how do I access properties of d?
First line of the SensorEvent method successfully prints
{ Message = blah blubb }
however second line throws an exception:
'<>f_anonymousType[str]' object has no attribute 'Message'
Explanation
d is an instance of an anonymous type provided by an invoke from a C# method. I'm invoking it like this:
public static async void ExecutePyFunc(string name, dynamic data)
{
try
{
var f = strategyScope.GetVariable<Action<object>>(name);
if (f != null)
{
await Task.Run(() => f((object)data));
}
}
catch (Exception x)
{
StaticLog("[Callback Exception] Fehler beim Ausführen einer Python Funktion: {0}", x.Message);
}
}

Answer 1

d is a dictionary. Access it like so:
d['Message']

Answer 2

My solution using DynamicObject: I've introduced a class that converts an anonymous type into a known type by copying its properties via reflection (I don't need anything but the properties but it could probably be enhanced for use with fields, methods, functions as well).
Here's what I've come up with:
public class IronPythonKnownType : DynamicObject
{
public IronPythonKnownType(dynamic obj)
{
var properties = obj.GetType().GetProperties();
foreach (PropertyInfo prop in properties)
{
var val = prop.GetValue(obj);
this.Set(prop.Name, val);
}
}
private Dictionary<string, object> _dict = new Dictionary<string, object>();
public override bool TryGetMember(GetMemberBinder binder, out object result)
{
if (_dict.ContainsKey(binder.Name))
{
result = _dict[binder.Name];
return true;
}
return base.TryGetMember(binder, out result);
}
private void Set(string name, object value)
{
_dict[name] = value;
}
public override bool TrySetMember(SetMemberBinder binder, object value)
{
_dict[binder.Name] = value;
return true;
}
}
which effectively converts the anonymous object into something IronPython can handle.
Now I can do that:
def Blubb(a):
print a.Message
without getting the mentioned exception.