Sets the property for this item to the inputed value for the given name.
        
        :param      name | <str>
                    value | <variant>

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