code: def setProperty(self, name, value):
          
          if type(value) in (unicode, str):
              try:
                  value = self._parsers[name](value)
              except StandardError:
                  pass
          
          self._properties[name] = value
docs: Sets the property for this item to the inputed value for the given name.
          
          :param      name | <str>
                      value | <variant>