/// <summary>
/// Returns true if self and the provided entity have the same Id values
/// and the Ids are not of the default Id value
/// </summary>
protected bool HasSameNonDefaultIdAs(Preference compareTo)
{
return(!this.IsTransient() && !compareTo.IsTransient() && this.Id.Equals(compareTo.Id));
}
/// <summary>
/// Copies the current object to a new instance
/// </summary>
/// <param name="deep">Copy members that refer to objects external to this class (not dependent)</param>
/// <param name="copiedObjects">Objects that should be reused</param>
/// <param name="asNew">Copy the current object as a new one, ready to be persisted, along all its members.</param>
/// <param name="reuseNestedObjects">If asNew is true, this flag if set, forces the reuse of all external objects.</param>
/// <param name="copy">Optional - An existing [Preference] instance to use as the destination.</param>
/// <returns>A copy of the object</returns>
public virtual Preference Copy(bool deep = false, Hashtable copiedObjects = null, bool asNew = false, bool reuseNestedObjects = false, Preference copy = null)
{
if (copiedObjects == null)
{
copiedObjects = new Hashtable();
}
if (copy == null && copiedObjects.Contains(this))
{
return((Preference)copiedObjects[this]);
}
copy = copy ?? new Preference();
if (!asNew)
{
copy.TransientId = this.TransientId;
copy.Id = this.Id;
}
copy.PreferenceValue = this.PreferenceValue;
if (!copiedObjects.Contains(this))
{
copiedObjects.Add(this, copy);
}
if (deep && this.preferenceType != null)
{
if (!copiedObjects.Contains(this.preferenceType))
{
if (asNew && reuseNestedObjects)
{
copy.PreferenceType = this.PreferenceType;
}
else if (asNew)
{
copy.PreferenceType = this.PreferenceType.Copy(deep, copiedObjects, true);
}
else
{
copy.preferenceType = this.preferenceType.Copy(deep, copiedObjects, false);
}
}
else
{
if (asNew)
{
copy.PreferenceType = (PreferenceType)copiedObjects[this.PreferenceType];
}
else
{
copy.preferenceType = (PreferenceType)copiedObjects[this.PreferenceType];
}
}
}
return(copy);
}