Generic Clone of EF6 Entity

Question

I am trying to get a generic CloneEntity function working with EF6.0.2

public static T CopyEntity(MyContext ctx, T entity, 
bool copyKeys = false) where         


        

Answer 1

public class EntityHelper
{
    public static T CopyEntity(MCEntities ctx, T entity, bool copyKeys = false) where T : class, new()
    {
        T clone = new T();
        var en = ctx.Entry(clone);
        en.State = System.Data.Entity.EntityState.Added;
        ctx.Entry(clone).CurrentValues.SetValues(entity);
        en.State = System.Data.Entity.EntityState.Detached;
        return clone;
    }
}