Copy two identical object with different namespaces (recursive reflection)

Question

I\'m working in c# with several workspaces that have one specific class which his always the same in each workspace. I would like to be able have a copy of this class to be

Answer 1

This problem can be elegantly solves using Protocol Buffers because Protocol Buffers do not hold any metadata about the type they serialize. Two classes with identical fields & properties serialize to the exact same bits.

Here's a little function that will change from O the original type to C the copy type

static public C DeepCopyChangingNamespace<O,C>(O original)
{
    using (MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream())
    {
        Serializer.Serialize(ms, original);
        ms.Position = 0;
        C c = Serializer.Deserialize<C>(ms);
        return c;
    }
}

usage would be

namespace1.class1 orig = new namespace1.class1();

namespace2.class1 copy = 
    DeepCopyChangingNamespace<namespace1.class1, namespace2.class1>(orig);