CloneObject

How to clone objects in C# easily .. been using it for years, works on complex objects as well

Also shows how to clone objects having different names with annotations.

Here is a video explaining it in 1 minute https://youtu.be/FdHZCB707Uo

Newtonsoft is awesome ... here is how I copy objects when necessary

        //Create a new object instance 
        var profile = new Profile()
        {
            FullName = "Jonathan Smith",
            Location = "New York",
            Qualification = "Awesome at anything!",
            Age = 21,
            SomeIrrelevantProperty = "No used in ProfileDTO",
            ProfileAddrress = new Addrress()
            {
                HouseApartmentNumber = "12",
                StreetName = "Main Street",
                CityName = "San Diego",
                PostalCode = "12111"
            }
        };

        // Copy it over to an instance of ProfileDTO
        var profileDTO = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<ProfileDTO>(JsonConvert.SerializeObject(profile));

        // Copy it over to an instance of ProfileCopy
        var profileCopy = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<ProfileCopy>(JsonConvert.SerializeObject(profile));

//profile object instance [ { "FullName": "Jonathan Smith", "Location": "New York", "Qualification": "Awesome at anything!", "Age": 21, "SomeIrrelevantProperty": "No used in ProfileDTO", "ProfileAddrress": { "HouseApartmentNumber": "12", "StreetName": "Main Street", "CityName": "San Diego", "PostalCode": "12111" } } ]

//profileDTO object instance, notice the irrelevant field is dropped [ { "FullName": "Jonathan Smith", "Location": "New York", "Qualification": "Awesome at anything!", "Age": 21, "ProfileAddrress": { "HouseApartmentNumber": "12", "StreetName": "Main Street", "CityName": "San Diego", "PostalCode": "12111" } } ]

//profileCopy object instance [ { "FullName": "Jonathan Smith", "Location": "New York", "Qualification": "Awesome at anything!", "Age": 21, "SomeIrrelevantProperty": "No used in ProfileDTO", "ProfileAddrress": { "HouseApartmentNumber": "12", "StreetName": "Main Street", "CityName": "San Diego", "PostalCode": "12111" } } ]