namespace System
{
    using Newtonsoft.Json;

    public static class CloneObjectExtension
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Caution: we should check performance for using it for cloning a collection of small objects such as scenario details or allocations
        /// </summary>
        /// <typeparam name="T"></typeparam>
        /// <param name="source"></param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        public static T Clone<T>(this T source)
        {
            if (ReferenceEquals(source, null))
                return default(T);

            var jsonObject = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(source);
            if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(jsonObject))
                return default(T);

            return JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<T>(jsonObject);
        }
    }
}