public static class ModelCopier
{
public static void CopyCollection<T>(IEnumerable<T> from, ICollection<T> to)
{
if (from == null || to == null || to.IsReadOnly)
{
return;
}
to.Clear();
foreach (T element in from)
{
to.Add(element);
}
}
public static void CopyModel(object from, object to, string[] excludeProperties)
{
if (from == null || to == null)
{
return;
}
PropertyDescriptorCollection fromProperties = TypeDescriptor.GetProperties(from);
PropertyDescriptorCollection toProperties = TypeDescriptor.GetProperties(to);
foreach (PropertyDescriptor fromProperty in fromProperties)
{
PropertyDescriptor toProperty = toProperties.Find(fromProperty.Name, true /* ignoreCase */);
if (toProperty != null && excludeProperties.Contains(toProperty.Name) == false && !toProperty.IsReadOnly)
{
// Can from.Property reference just be assigned directly to to.Property reference?
bool isDirectlyAssignable = toProperty.PropertyType.IsAssignableFrom(fromProperty.PropertyType);
// Is from.Property just the nullable form of to.Property?
bool liftedValueType = (isDirectlyAssignable) ? false : (Nullable.GetUnderlyingType(fromProperty.PropertyType) == toProperty.PropertyType);
if (isDirectlyAssignable || liftedValueType)
{
object fromValue = fromProperty.GetValue(from);
if (isDirectlyAssignable || (fromValue != null && liftedValueType))
{
toProperty.SetValue(to, fromValue);
}
}
}
}
}
}