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copy properties from two subclasses c#

Tolulope Agabielesin answered on May 8, 2022 Popularity 1/10 Helpfulness 1/10

answer copy properties from two subclasses c#

copy properties from two subclasses c#

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using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Reflection;

namespace Questions
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            Class1 class1 = new Class1
            {
                Prop1 = "X",
                Prop2 = "Y",
                List1 = new List<OutsideClass>
                {
                    new OutsideClass { SubProp1 = "A", SubProp2 = "B" },
                    new OutsideClass { SubProp1 = "C", SubProp2 = "D" },
                    new OutsideClass { SubProp1 = "E", SubProp2 = "F" }
                }
            };

            Class2 class2 = class1.CopyTo<Class2>();

        }
    }

    public class Class1
    {
        public string Prop1 { get; set; }
        public string Prop2 { get; set; }
        public List<OutsideClass> List1 { get; set; }

        public string Prop3 { get; set; }
    }


    public class Class2
    {
        public string Prop1 { get; set; }
        public string Prop2 { get; set; }
        public List<OutsideClass> List1 { get; set; }

        public string Prop4 { get; set; }
    }

    public class OutsideClass
    {
        public string SubProp1 { get; set; }
        public string SubProp2 { get; set; }

        public override string ToString()
        {
            string text = string.Format("{0} ---> {1}", SubProp1, SubProp2);
            return text;
        }
    }

    public static class Extensions
    {
        public static T CopyTo<T>(this Object sourceObject) 
        {
            Type sourceObjectType = sourceObject.GetType();
            Type targetType = typeof(T);
            var targetInstance = Activator.CreateInstance(targetType, false);

            List<PropertyInfo> identicalProperties = new List<PropertyInfo>();

            var propertiesTarget = typeof(T).GetProperties();
            var propertiesSource = sourceObject.GetType().GetProperties();

            foreach (var s_property in propertiesSource)
            {
                foreach (var t_property in propertiesTarget)
                {
                    if (s_property.Name.Equals(t_property.Name))
                    {
                        identicalProperties.Add(s_property);
                        continue;
                    }
                }
            }

            object value;

            foreach (PropertyInfo property in propertiesTarget)
            {
                var res = identicalProperties.Any(x=>x.Name.Equals(property.Name));
                if (!res)
                {
                    continue;
                }
                value = sourceObjectType.GetProperty(property.Name).GetValue(sourceObject, null);
                property.SetValue(targetInstance, value, null);
            }

            return (T)targetInstance;
        }
    }
}

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Source: stackoverflow.com

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