Added DeepCopy

MLEM.Data/CopyExtensions.cs

@@ -16,13 +16,27 @@ namespace MLEM.Data {
         /// <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);
+            var copy = (T) Construct(typeof(T), flags);
             obj.CopyInto(copy, flags);
             return copy;
         }
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// Copies the given object <paramref name="obj"/> into the given object <see cref="otherObj"/>.
+        /// Creates a deep 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 deep 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 deep copy of the object</returns>
+        public static T DeepCopy<T>(this T obj, BindingFlags flags = BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.NonPublic) {
+            var copy = (T) Construct(typeof(T), flags);
+            obj.DeepCopyInto(copy, flags);
+            return copy;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Copies the given object <paramref name="obj"/> into the given object <see cref="otherObj"/> in a shallow manner.
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="obj">The object to create a shallow copy of</param>
         /// <param name="otherObj">The object to copy into</param>
@@ -33,5 +47,38 @@ namespace MLEM.Data {
                 field.SetValue(otherObj, field.GetValue(obj));
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Copies the given object <paramref name="obj"/> into the given object <see cref="otherObj"/> in a deep manner.
+        /// Note that, for this to work correctly, each type that should be constructed below the topmost level needs to contanin a parameterless constructor.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="obj">The object to create a deep 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 DeepCopyInto<T>(this T obj, T otherObj, BindingFlags flags = BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.NonPublic) {
+            foreach (var field in obj.GetType().GetFields(flags)) {
+                var val = field.GetValue(obj);
+                if (field.FieldType.IsValueType) {
+                    // if we're a value type (struct or primitive), we can just set the value
+                    field.SetValue(otherObj, val);
+                } else if (val != null) {
+                    var otherVal = field.GetValue(otherObj);
+                    // if the object we want to copy into doesn't have a value yet, we create one
+                    if (otherVal == null) {
+                        otherVal = Construct(field.FieldType, flags);
+                        field.SetValue(otherObj, otherVal);
+                    }
+                    val.DeepCopyInto(otherVal, flags);
+                } else {
+                    // if the value is null, we ensure that the value of the resulting object is also reset
+                    field.SetValue(otherObj, null);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        private static object Construct(Type t, BindingFlags flags) {
+            return t.GetConstructor(flags, null, Type.EmptyTypes, null).Invoke(null);
+        }
+
     }
 }

Sandbox/GameImpl.cs

@@ -92,17 +92,19 @@ namespace Sandbox {
             var obj = new Test {
                 Vec = new Vector2(10, 20),
                 Point = new Point(20, 30),
-                Rectangle = new Rectangle(1, 2, 3, 4),
+                Dir = Direction2.Left,
-                RectangleF = new RectangleF(4, 5, 6, 7).ToMlem(),
+                OtherTest = new Test {
-                Dir = Direction2.Left
+                    Vec = new Vector2(70, 30),
+                    Dir = Direction2.Right
+                }
             };
             Console.WriteLine(obj);
 
-            var copy = obj.Copy();
+            var copy = obj.DeepCopy();
             Console.WriteLine(copy);
 
-            var intoCopy = new Test();
+            var intoCopy = new Test {OtherTest = new Test()};
-            obj.CopyInto(intoCopy);
+            obj.DeepCopyInto(intoCopy);
             Console.WriteLine(intoCopy);
 
             var writer = new StringWriter();
@@ -214,12 +216,11 @@ namespace Sandbox {
 
             public Vector2 Vec;
             public Point Point;
-            public Rectangle Rectangle;
-            public MLEM.Misc.RectangleF RectangleF;
             public Direction2 Dir { get; set; }
+            public Test OtherTest;
 
             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}";
+                return $"{this.GetHashCode()}: {nameof(this.Vec)}: {this.Vec}, {nameof(this.Point)}: {this.Point}, {nameof(this.OtherTest)}: {this.OtherTest}, {nameof(this.Dir)}: {this.Dir}";
             }
 
         }