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/// <summary>This method is used to copy/paste the basic info for an entity, saving
/// entity and property ids that can be referred to in the extended entity paste.</summary>
///
/// <param name="copyItem">The item to copy/paste.</param>
/// <param name="savePaste">Flag to determine whether to save the results of the paste.</param>
///--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
public EntityViewModel PasteEntityBasicData(EntityViewModel copyItem, bool savePaste = true)
{
Entity newItem = new Entity();
newItem.ReverseInstance = new Entity();
newItem.TransformDataFromObject(copyItem.Entity, null, false);
newItem.EntityID = Guid.NewGuid();
Solution.PasteNewGuids[copyItem.Entity.EntityID.ToString()] = newItem.EntityID;
newItem.IsAutoUpdated = false;
newItem.Feature = Feature;
newItem.Solution = Solution;
EntityViewModel newView = new EntityViewModel(newItem, Solution);
newView.ResetModified(true);
Entities.Add(newView);
Add(newView);
if (savePaste == true)
{
Solution.EntityList.Add(newItem);
Feature.EntityList.Add(newItem);
newView.OnUpdated(this, null);
Solution.ResetModified(true);
}
// paste children
foreach (PropertyViewModel childView in copyItem.PropertiesFolder.Properties)
{
newView.PropertiesFolder.PasteProperty(childView, savePaste);
}
return(newView);
}