Cloner class

DeepCloner/Cloner.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+using Force.DeepCloner.Helpers;
+
+namespace Force.DeepCloner
+{
+	/// <summary>
+	/// Interface for classes capable to perform copy of object
+	/// </summary>
+	public interface ICloner
+	{
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Performs deep (full) copy of object and related graph
+		/// </summary>
+		T DeepClone<T>(T obj);
+
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Performs deep (full) copy of object and related graph to existing object
+		/// </summary>
+		/// <returns>existing filled object</returns>
+		/// <remarks>Method is valid only for classes, classes should be descendants in reality, not in declaration</remarks>
+		TTo DeepCloneTo<TFrom, TTo>(TFrom objFrom, TTo objTo) where TTo : class, TFrom;
+
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Performs shallow copy of object to existing object
+		/// </summary>
+		/// <returns>existing filled object</returns>
+		/// <remarks>Method is valid only for classes, classes should be descendants in reality, not in declaration</remarks>
+		TTo ShallowCloneTo<TFrom, TTo>(TFrom objFrom, TTo objTo) where TTo : class, TFrom;
+	}
+
+	/// <summary>
+	/// Performs copy of object
+	/// </summary>
+	public class Cloner : ICloner
+	{
+		public Cloner()
+		{
+			PermissionChecker.ThrowIfNoPermission();
+		}
+
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Performs deep (full) copy of object and related graph
+		/// </summary>
+		public T DeepClone<T>(T obj)
+		{
+			return DeepClonerGenerator.CloneObject(obj);
+		}
+
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Performs deep (full) copy of object and related graph to existing object
+		/// </summary>
+		/// <returns>existing filled object</returns>
+		/// <remarks>Method is valid only for classes, classes should be descendants in reality, not in declaration</remarks>
+		public TTo DeepCloneTo<TFrom, TTo>(TFrom objFrom, TTo objTo) where TTo : class, TFrom
+		{
+			return (TTo)DeepClonerGenerator.CloneObjectTo(objFrom, objTo, true);
+		}
+
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Performs shallow copy of object to existing object
+		/// </summary>
+		/// <returns>existing filled object</returns>
+		/// <remarks>Method is valid only for classes, classes should be descendants in reality, not in declaration</remarks>
+		public TTo ShallowCloneTo<TFrom, TTo>(TFrom objFrom, TTo objTo) where TTo : class, TFrom
+		{
+			return (TTo)DeepClonerGenerator.CloneObjectTo(objFrom, objTo, false);
+		}
+
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Performs shallow (only new object returned, without cloning of dependencies) copy of object
+		/// </summary>
+		public static T ShallowClone<T>(T obj)
+		{
+			return ShallowClonerGenerator.CloneObject(obj);
+		}
+	}
+}

DeepCloner/DeepCloner.csproj

@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
     <Reference Include="System.Core" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
+    <Compile Include="Cloner.cs" />
     <Compile Include="DeepClonerExtensions.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Helpers\ClonerToExprGenerator.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Helpers\DeepClonerExprGenerator.cs" />
@@ -53,6 +54,7 @@
     <Compile Include="Helpers\DeepClonerMsilHelper.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Helpers\DeepClonerSafeTypes.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Helpers\DeepCloneState.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Helpers\PermissionChecker.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Helpers\ReflectionHelper.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Helpers\ShallowClonerGenerator.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Helpers\ShallowObjectCloner.cs" />

DeepCloner/DeepClonerExtensions.cs

@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
-using System;
-using System.Security;
-
-using Force.DeepCloner.Helpers;
+using Force.DeepCloner.Helpers;
 
 namespace Force.DeepCloner
 {
@@ -48,30 +45,7 @@ public static T ShallowClone<T>(this T obj)
 
 		static DeepClonerExtensions()
 		{
-			if (!PermissionCheck())
-			{
-				throw new SecurityException("DeepCloner should have enough permissions to run. Grant FullTrust or Reflection permission.");
-			}
-		}
-
-		private static bool PermissionCheck()
-		{
-			// best way to check required permission: execute something and receive exception
-			// .net security policy is weird for normal usage
-			try
-			{
-				new object().ShallowClone();
-			}
-			catch (VerificationException)
-			{
-				return false;
-			}
-			catch (MemberAccessException)
-			{
-				return false;
-			}
-
-			return true;
+			PermissionChecker.ThrowIfNoPermission();
 		}
 	}
 }

DeepCloner/Helpers/PermissionChecker.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+using System;
+using System.Security;
+
+namespace Force.DeepCloner.Helpers
+{
+	internal static class PermissionChecker
+	{
+		public static void ThrowIfNoPermission()
+		{
+			if (!CheckPermission())
+			{
+				throw new SecurityException("DeepCloner should have enough permissions to run. Grant FullTrust or Reflection permission.");
+			}
+		}
+
+		public static bool CheckPermission()
+		{
+			// best way to check required permission: execute something and receive exception
+			// .net security policy is weird for normal usage
+			try
+			{
+				DeepClonerGenerator.CloneObject(new object());
+			}
+			catch (VerificationException)
+			{
+				return false;
+			}
+			catch (MemberAccessException)
+			{
+				return false;
+			}
+
+			return true;
+		}
+	}
+}