/// <summary>
/// Serializes the source GameObject to an XmlDocument and
/// then deserializes that document to create an (hopefully)
/// exact clone of the source object.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="source"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public T CloneComponentWithDeserializer <T>(T source) where T : Component
{
T dest = null;
XmlDocument doc = null;
try
{
doc = XmlSerializer.Serialize(source, 1, "Component");
}
catch (Exception e)
{
Assert.Fail("There was an exception in the serialization process.\n'" + e.Message + "'");
}
GameObject go2 = new GameObject();
try
{
dest = XmlDeserializer.DeserializeComponent <T>(doc.InnerXml, 1, go2);
}
catch (Exception e)
{
Assert.Fail("There was an exception in the deserialization process.\n" +
e.Message +
"\n--------------------\n" + e.StackTrace);
}
if (go2 != null)
{
Undo.RegisterCreatedObjectUndo(go2, "Deserialized test GameObject");
}
else
{
Assert.Fail("Failed to deserialize back into a GameObject.");
}
return(dest);
}
