Added extra extension method that create a new instance of the destination object.

1 files changed, 16 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Controller/Entities/BaseItemExtensions.cs b/MediaBrowser.Controller/Entities/BaseItemExtensions.cs
index 97e56d1fd..8ab1788b5 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Controller/Entities/BaseItemExtensions.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Controller/Entities/BaseItemExtensions.cs
@@ -68,7 +68,9 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="source">The source object.</param>
         /// <param name="dest">The destination object.</param>
-        public static void DeepCopy<T, TU>(this T source, TU dest)
+        public static void DeepCopy<T, TU>(this T source, TU dest) 
+        where T : BaseItem
+        where TU : BaseItem
         {
             var sourceProps = typeof (T).GetProperties().Where(x => x.CanRead).ToList();
             var destProps = typeof(TU).GetProperties()
@@ -87,6 +89,19 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities
 
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Copies all properties on newly created object. Skips properties that do not exist.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="source">The source object.</param>
+        public static TU DeepCopy<T, TU>(this T source) 
+        where T : BaseItem
+        where TU : BaseItem, new()
+        {
+            var dest = new TU();
+            source.DeepCopy(dest);
+            return dest;
+        }
+
 
     }
 }