added object copying to MLEM.Data

MLEM.Data/CopyExtensions.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+using System;
+using System.Reflection;
+
+namespace MLEM.Data {
+    /// <summary>
+    /// A set of extensions for dealing with copying objects.
+    /// </summary>
+    public static class CopyExtensions {
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Creates a shallow copy of the object and returns it.
+        /// Note that, for this to work correctly, <typeparamref name="T"/> needs to contain a parameterless constructor.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="obj">The object to create a shallow copy of</param>
+        /// <param name="flags">The binding flags for field searching</param>
+        /// <typeparam name="T">The type of the object to copy</typeparam>
+        /// <returns>A shallow copy of the object</returns>
+        public static T Copy<T>(this T obj, BindingFlags flags = BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.NonPublic) {
+            var copy = (T) typeof(T).GetConstructor(Type.EmptyTypes).Invoke(null);
+            obj.CopyInto(copy, flags);
+            return copy;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Copies the given object <paramref name="obj"/> into the given object <see cref="otherObj"/>.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="obj">The object to create a shallow copy of</param>
+        /// <param name="otherObj">The object to copy into</param>
+        /// <param name="flags">The binding flags for field searching</param>
+        /// <typeparam name="T">The type of the object to copy</typeparam>
+        public static void CopyInto<T>(this T obj, T otherObj, BindingFlags flags = BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.NonPublic) {
+            foreach (var field in typeof(T).GetFields(flags))
+                field.SetValue(otherObj, field.GetValue(obj));
+        }
+
+    }
+}

Sandbox/GameImpl.cs

@@ -96,6 +96,14 @@ namespace Sandbox {
                 RectangleF = new RectangleF(4, 5, 6, 7).ToMlem(),
                 Dir = Direction2.Left
             };
+            Console.WriteLine(obj);
+
+            var copy = obj.Copy();
+            Console.WriteLine(copy);
+
+            var intoCopy = new Test();
+            obj.CopyInto(intoCopy);
+            Console.WriteLine(intoCopy);
 
             var writer = new StringWriter();
             this.Content.GetJsonSerializer().Serialize(writer, obj);
@@ -208,7 +216,7 @@ namespace Sandbox {
             public Point Point;
             public Rectangle Rectangle;
             public MLEM.Misc.RectangleF RectangleF;
-            public Direction2 Dir;
+            public Direction2 Dir { get; set; }
 
             public override string ToString() {
                 return $"{nameof(this.Vec)}: {this.Vec}, {nameof(this.Point)}: {this.Point}, {nameof(this.Rectangle)}: {this.Rectangle}, {nameof(this.RectangleF)}: {this.RectangleF}, {nameof(this.Dir)}: {this.Dir}";