#region License and Copyright
/*
* Dotnet Commons Reflection
*
* This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
* under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
* the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or
* (at your option) any later version.
*
* This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
* WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY
* or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License
* for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
* along with this library; if not, write to the
* Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
* 59 Temple Place,
* Suite 330,
* Boston,
* MA 02111-1307
* USA
*
*/
#endregion
using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.IO;
using System.Reflection;
using System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary;
using System.Text;
namespace Dotnet.Commons.Reflection
{
/// -----------------------------------------------------------------------
///
/// This utility class contains a rich sets of utility methods that perform operations
/// on objects during runtime such as copying of property and field values
/// between 2 objects, deep cloning of objects, etc.
///
/// -----------------------------------------------------------------------
public abstract class ObjectUtils
{
/// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
///
/// Copy an array into another array.
///
/// source array
/// destination array
/// copied array
/// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
public static object[] CopyArray(object[] src, object[] dest)
{
for (int i = 0; i < src.Length; i++)
{
Type ICloneType = src[i].GetType().GetInterface( "ICloneable" , true );
MemberInfo[] mi = src[i].GetType().GetMember("Clone");
if (src[i].GetType().IsPrimitive)
dest[i] = src[i];
// reference type
else if( ICloneType != null )
{
//Getting the ICloneable interface from the object.
ICloneable IClone = (ICloneable)src[i];
dest[i] = IClone.Clone();
}
else if ((mi != null) && (mi.Length > 0))
{
dest[i] = src[i].GetType().InvokeMember("Clone", BindingFlags.InvokeMethod, null, src[i],null);
}
else // copy reference
dest[i] = src[i];
}
return dest;
}
}
}