ObjectExtension with CopyObject and CopyPropertiesTo

ObjectExtension.cs

using System.IO;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary;
using System.Linq;

namespace Vasconcellos.Extensions
{
    public static class ObjectExtension
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Put in the class to be copied the attribute [Serializable].
        /// </summary>
        public static T CopyObject<T>(this T objSource)
        {
            using (MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream())
            {
                BinaryFormatter formatter = new BinaryFormatter();
                formatter.Serialize(stream, objSource);
                stream.Position = 0;
                return (T)formatter.Deserialize(stream);
            }
        }

        public static IList<T> ObjectToList<T>(this T objSource) => new List<T>() { objSource };

        public static void CopyPropertiesTo<T, TU>(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)
                    {
                        p.SetValue(dest, sourceProp.GetValue(source, null), null);
                    }
                }

            }
        }
    }
}