c# - Merging anonymous types

Question

How can I merge two anonymous types, so that the result contains the properties of both source objects?

var source1 = new
{
    foo = "foo",
    bar = "bar"
}

var source2 = new
{
    baz = "baz"
}

var merged = Merge(source1, source2) // <-- here's where the magic should happen

// merged: 
// {
//      foo = "foo",
//      bar = "bar",
//      baz = "baz"
// }

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6754967/merging-anonymous-types

Answer 1

So here's, what I finally came up with (inspired by @BlueMonkMN's answer):

public dynamic Merge(object item1, object item2)
{
    if (item1 == null || item2 == null)
        return item1 ?? item2 ?? new ExpandoObject();

    dynamic expando = new ExpandoObject();
    var result = expando as IDictionary<string, object>;
    foreach (System.Reflection.PropertyInfo fi in item1.GetType().GetProperties())
    {
        result[fi.Name] = fi.GetValue(item1, null);
    }
    foreach (System.Reflection.PropertyInfo fi in item2.GetType().GetProperties())
    {
        result[fi.Name] = fi.GetValue(item2, null);
    }
    return result;
}