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]]> By: Craig Shoemaker http://www.alteridem.net/2008/07/09/method-to-copy-data-between-objects-of-different-types/#comment-2145 Craig Shoemaker Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:39:53 +0000 http://www.alteridem.net/2008/07/09/method-to-copy-data-between-objects-of-different-types/#comment-2145 > Do you think this is a good idea? I had to laugh at this question... I suppose that there *might* be some performance implications involved with using the reflection... but I really like the concept. We'll have to see what your code looks like for the 2.0 and 3.5 versions look like. Generics will probably help a lot. Perhaps you could provide some performance benchmarks? Am I missing something or will taking the extension method route force you to implement a CopyTo method for each type, while the "2.0" approach using generics/fluent interface work for all types? > Do you think this is a good idea?
I had to laugh at this question…

I suppose that there *might* be some performance implications involved with using the reflection… but I really like the concept.

We’ll have to see what your code looks like for the 2.0 and 3.5 versions look like. Generics will probably help a lot.

Perhaps you could provide some performance benchmarks?

Am I missing something or will taking the extension method route force you to implement a CopyTo method for each type, while the “2.0″ approach using generics/fluent interface work for all types?

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