merging two objects in C#

Question

I have an object model MyObject with various properties. At one point, I have two instances of these MyObject: instance A and instance B. I\'d like to copy and replace the p

Answer 1

This is the same as @Bas Answer but for Merging 2 Object lists

public class Copycontents
{
    public static void Work(IList targetList, IList sourceList, Func selector)
    {
        var matchingPrimaryKey = targetList.Select(x => selector(x)).ToList();

        foreach (var thismatchingPrimaryKey in matchingPrimaryKey)
        {
            CopyValues(targetList.Single(x => selector(x) == thismatchingPrimaryKey),
                sourceList.Single(x => selector(x) == thismatchingPrimaryKey));
        }
    }

    private static void CopyValues(T target, T source)
    {
        Type t = typeof(T);

        var properties = t.GetProperties().Where(prop => prop.CanRead && prop.CanWrite);

        foreach (var prop in properties)
        {
            var value = prop.GetValue(source, null);
            if (value != null)
                prop.SetValue(target, value, null);
        }
    }
}