public static void CopyPropertiesTo<T, TU>(this T source, TU dest)
{
var sourceProps = typeof (T).GetProperties().Where(x => x.CanRead).ToList();
var destProps = typeof(TU).GetProperties()
.Where(x => x.CanWrite)
.ToList();
foreach (var sourceProp in sourceProps)
{
if (destProps.Any(x => x.Name == sourceProp.Name))
{
var p = destProps.First(x => x.Name == sourceProp.Name);
if(p.CanWrite) { // check if the property can be set or no.
p.SetValue(dest, sourceProp.GetValue(source, null), null);
}
}
}
}