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public static class Reflection
{
/// <summary>
/// Extension for 'Object' that copies the properties to a destination object.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="source">The source.</param>
/// <param name="destination">The destination.</param>
public static void CopyProperties(this object source, object destination)
{
// If any this null throw an exception
if (source == null || destination == null)
throw new Exception("Source or/and Destination Objects are null");
// Getting the Types of the objects
Type typeDest = destination.GetType();
Type typeSrc = source.GetType();
// Collect all the valid properties to map
var results = from srcProp in typeSrc.GetProperties()
let targetProperty = typeDest.GetProperty(srcProp.Name)
where srcProp.CanRead
&& targetProperty != null
&& (targetProperty.GetSetMethod(true) != null && !targetProperty.GetSetMethod(true).IsPrivate)
&& (targetProperty.GetSetMethod().Attributes & MethodAttributes.Static) == 0
&& targetProperty.PropertyType.IsAssignableFrom(srcProp.PropertyType)
select new { sourceProperty = srcProp, targetProperty = targetProperty };
//map the properties
foreach (var props in results)
{
props.targetProperty.SetValue(destination, props.sourceProperty.GetValue(source, null), null);
}
}
}