From 45dea047be95cfbc7131331ae1e1c1d9528df149 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Russ Kollmansberger <rlkollman@kollman.net>
Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2024 08:42:53 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Add Reflections.cs

---
 Reflections.cs | 75 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 75 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 Reflections.cs

diff --git a/Reflections.cs b/Reflections.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..585dd57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Reflections.cs
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+// Copying Object Properties to Dictionary
+public static Dictionary<string, object> ToDictionary(this object obj) {
+	Dictionary<string, object> r = new Dictionary<string, object>();
+	PropertyInfo inf = null;
+	Type t = obj.GetType();
+	try {
+		foreach (PropertyInfo i in t.GetProperties(BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.NonPublic | BindingFlags.Instance)) {
+			inf = i;
+			try {
+				r.Add(inf.Name, inf.GetValue(obj));
+			} catch (Exception ex) { Log.Error(ex, $"Object.ToDictionary.GetValue[{inf.Name}] failed"); }
+		}
+	} catch (Exception ex) {
+		Log.Error(ex, $"Unable to PopulateControls with Object [Type={t.ToString()}, PropertyInfo.Name={inf.Name}]");
+	}
+	return r;
+}
+
+
+/*
+ * Copying Object Properties to Another Object
+ * This method will copy properties with the same name and same value type.
+ */
+public static t Parse<t>(this object obj) {
+    var r = typeof(t).GetConstructor(new System.Type[] { }).Invoke(new object[] { });
+    PropertyInfo inf = null;
+    try {
+        foreach (PropertyInfo i in r.GetType().GetProperties(BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.NonPublic | BindingFlags.Instance)) {
+            inf = i;
+            try {
+                PropertyInfo inf2 = obj.GetType().GetProperty(inf.Name);
+                if (inf2!= null) {
+                    inf.SetValue(r, inf2.GetValue(obj));
+                }
+            } catch (Exception ex) { Log.Error(ex, $"Object.Parse.GetValue[{inf.Name}] failed"); }
+        }
+    } catch (Exception ex) {
+        Log.Error(ex, $"Unable to PopulateControls with Object [Type={obj.GetType().ToString()}, PropertyInfo.Name={inf.Name}]");
+    }
+    return (t)r;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Copying Event Handlers from One Object to Another
+ * This method will copy the event handlers assigned to one object, to another object.
+ * This information was obtained via: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/293007/is-it-possible-to-steal-an-event-handler-from-one-control-and-give-it-to-anoth
+ */
+using System;
+using System.ComponentModel;
+using System.Windows.Forms;
+using System.Reflection;
+
+namespace WindowsFormsApplication1 {
+  public partial class Form1: Form {
+    public Form1() {
+      InitializeComponent();
+      button1.Click += new EventHandler(button1_Click);
+      // Get secret click event key
+      FieldInfo eventClick = typeof(Control).GetField("EventClick", BindingFlags.NonPublic | BindingFlags.Static);
+      object secret = eventClick.GetValue(null);
+      // Retrieve the click event
+      PropertyInfo eventsProp = typeof(Component).GetProperty("Events", BindingFlags.NonPublic | BindingFlags.Instance);
+      EventHandlerList events = (EventHandlerList)eventsProp.GetValue(button1, null);
+      Delegate click = events[secret];
+      // Remove it from button1, add it to button2
+      events.RemoveHandler(secret, click);
+      events = (EventHandlerList)eventsProp.GetValue(button2, null);
+      events.AddHandler(secret, click);
+    }
+
+    void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) {
+      MessageBox.Show("Yada");
+    }
+  }
+}
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