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Makes a shallow copy of the object to a different class type (inherits from the original)
 


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#region Usings
using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Reflection;
using System.Text;
using System.Linq.Expressions;
using System.Collections;
#endregion

namespace Utilities
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Utility class that handles various
    /// functions dealing with reflection.
    /// </summary>
    public static class Reflection
    {

        /// <summary>
        /// Copies a field value
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="Field">Field object</param>
        /// <param name="ClassInstance">Class to copy to</param>
        /// <param name="Object">Class to copy from</param>
        private static void SetField(FieldInfo Field, object ClassInstance, object Object)
        {
            try
            {
                SetField(Field, Field, ClassInstance, Object);
            }
            catch { }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Copies a field value
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="Field">Field object</param>
        /// <param name="ClassInstance">Class to copy to</param>
        /// <param name="Object">Class to copy from</param>
        private static void SetFieldifSimpleType(FieldInfo Field, object ClassInstance, object Object)
        {
            try
            {
                SetFieldifSimpleType(Field, Field, ClassInstance, Object);
            }
            catch { }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Copies a field value
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="ChildField">Child field object</param>
        /// <param name="Field">Field object</param>
        /// <param name="ClassInstance">Class to copy to</param>
        /// <param name="Object">Class to copy from</param>
        private static void SetField(FieldInfo ChildField, FieldInfo Field, object ClassInstance, object Object)
        {
            try
            {
                if (Field.IsPublic && ChildField.IsPublic)
                {
                    ChildField.SetValue(ClassInstance, Field.GetValue(Object));
                }
            }
            catch { }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Copies a field value
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="ChildField">Child field object</param>
        /// <param name="Field">Field object</param>
        /// <param name="ClassInstance">Class to copy to</param>
        /// <param name="Object">Class to copy from</param>
        private static void SetFieldifSimpleType(FieldInfo ChildField, FieldInfo Field, object ClassInstance, object Object)
        {
            try
            {
                Type FieldType = Field.FieldType;
                if (Field.FieldType.FullName.StartsWith("System.Collections.Generic.List", StringComparison.CurrentCultureIgnoreCase))
                {
                    FieldType = Field.FieldType.GetGenericArguments()[0];
                }

                if (FieldType.FullName.StartsWith("System"))
                {
                    SetField(ChildField, Field, ClassInstance, Object);
                }
            }
            catch throw}
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Copies a property value
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="Property">Property object</param>
        /// <param name="ClassInstance">Class to copy to</param>
        /// <param name="Object">Class to copy from</param>
        private static void SetPropertyifSimpleType(PropertyInfo Property, object ClassInstance, object Object)
        {
            try
            {
                SetPropertyifSimpleType(Property, Property, ClassInstance, Object);
            }
            catch { }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Copies a property value
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="Property">Property object</param>
        /// <param name="ClassInstance">Class to copy to</param>
        /// <param name="Object">Class to copy from</param>
        private static void SetProperty(PropertyInfo Property, object ClassInstance, object Object)
        {
            try
            {
                SetProperty(Property, Property, ClassInstance, Object);
            }
            catch { }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Copies a property value
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="ChildProperty">Child property object</param>
        /// <param name="Property">Property object</param>
        /// <param name="ClassInstance">Class to copy to</param>
        /// <param name="Object">Class to copy from</param>
        private static void SetProperty(PropertyInfo ChildProperty, PropertyInfo Property, object ClassInstance, object Object)
        {
            try
            {
                if (ChildProperty.GetSetMethod() != null && Property.GetGetMethod() != null)
                {
                    ChildProperty.SetValue(ClassInstance, Property.GetValue(Object, null)null);
                }
            }
            catch { }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Copies a property value
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="ChildProperty">Child property object</param>
        /// <param name="Property">Property object</param>
        /// <param name="ClassInstance">Class to copy to</param>
        /// <param name="Object">Class to copy from</param>
        private static void SetPropertyifSimpleType(PropertyInfo ChildProperty, PropertyInfo Property, object ClassInstance, object Object)
        {
            try
            {
                Type PropertyType = Property.PropertyType;
                if (Property.PropertyType.FullName.StartsWith("System.Collections.Generic.List", StringComparison.CurrentCultureIgnoreCase))
                {
                    PropertyType = Property.PropertyType.GetGenericArguments()[0];
                }

                if (PropertyType.FullName.StartsWith("System"))
                {
                    SetProperty(ChildProperty, Property, ClassInstance, Object);
                }
            }
            catch throw}
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Makes a shallow copy of the object to a different class type (inherits from the original)
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="DerivedType">Derived type</param>
        /// <param name="Object">Object to copy</param>
        /// <param name="SimpleTypesOnly">If true, it only copies simple types (no classes, only items like int, string, etc.), false copies everything.</param>
        /// <returns>A copy of the object</returns>
        public static object MakeShallowCopyInheritedClass(Type DerivedType, object Object, bool SimpleTypesOnly)
        {
            try
            {
                Type ObjectType = Object.GetType();
                Type ReturnedObjectType = DerivedType;
                PropertyInfo[] Properties = ObjectType.GetProperties();
                FieldInfo[] Fields = ObjectType.GetFields();
                object ClassInstance = Activator.CreateInstance(ReturnedObjectType);

                foreach (PropertyInfo Property in Properties)
                {
                    try
                    {
                        PropertyInfo ChildProperty = ReturnedObjectType.GetProperty(Property.Name);
                        if (ChildProperty != null)
                        {
                            if (SimpleTypesOnly)
                            {
                                SetPropertyifSimpleType(ChildProperty, Property, ClassInstance, Object);
                            }
                            else
                            {
                                SetProperty(ChildProperty, Property, ClassInstance, Object);
                            }
                        }
                    }
                    catch { }
                }

                foreach (FieldInfo Field in Fields)
                {
                    try
                    {
                        FieldInfo ChildField = ReturnedObjectType.GetField(Field.Name);
                        if (ChildField != null)
                        {
                            if (SimpleTypesOnly)
                            {
                                SetFieldifSimpleType(ChildField, Field, ClassInstance, Object);
                            }
                            else
                            {
                                SetField(ChildField, Field, ClassInstance, Object);
                            }
                        }
                    }
                    catch { }
                }

                return ClassInstance;
            }
            catch throw}
        }

    }
}

   
  
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