add a method for copying components

Robust.Shared/GameObjects/EntityManager.Components.cs

@@ -1028,6 +1028,54 @@ public bool TryGetComponent([NotNullWhen(true)] EntityUid? uid, ushort netId,
             return TryGetComponent(uid.Value, netId, out component, meta);
         }
 
+        /// <inheritdoc/>
+        public bool CopyComponent<T>(EntityUid source, EntityUid target, [NotNullWhen(true)] out T? component, MetaDataComponent? metadataTarget = null) where T : IComponent
+        {
+            component = default;
+
+            if (!MetaQuery.Resolve(target, ref metadataTarget, false))
+                throw new ArgumentException($"Entity {target} is not valid.", nameof(target));
+
+            if (!HasComponent<T>(source))
+                return false;
+
+            var sourceComp = GetComponent<T>(source);
+            var compReg = ComponentFactory.GetRegistration(typeof(T));
+            component = (T)ComponentFactory.GetComponent(compReg);
+
+            _serManager.CopyTo(sourceComp, ref component, notNullableOverride: true);
+
+            AddComponentInternal(target, component, compReg, true, false, metadataTarget);
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        /// <inheritdoc/>
+        public bool CopyComponent(EntityUid source, EntityUid target, Type type, [NotNullWhen(true)] out IComponent? component, MetaDataComponent? metadataTarget = null)
+        {
+            DebugTools.Assert(typeof(IComponent).IsAssignableFrom(type), $"Type {type} is not a component");
+
+            var success = CopyComponent<IComponent>(source, target, out var baseComponent, metadataTarget);
+            component = baseComponent;
+            return success;
+        }
+
+        /// <inheritdoc/>
+        public bool CopyComponents(EntityUid source, EntityUid target, MetaDataComponent? metadataTarget = null, params Type[] types)
+        {
+            if (!MetaQuery.Resolve(target, ref metadataTarget, false))
+                throw new ArgumentException($"Entity {target} is not valid.", nameof(target));
+
+            var allSuccessful = true;
+
+            foreach (var type in types)
+            {
+                if (!CopyComponent(source, target, type, out _, metadataTarget))
+                    allSuccessful = false;
+            }
+
+            return allSuccessful;
+        }
+
         public EntityQuery<TComp1> GetEntityQuery<TComp1>() where TComp1 : IComponent
         {
             var comps = _entTraitArray[CompIdx.ArrayIndex<TComp1>()];

Robust.Shared/GameObjects/EntitySystem.Proxy.cs

@@ -565,6 +565,31 @@ protected bool TryGetEntityData(NetEntity nuid, [NotNullWhen(true)] out EntityUi
 
     #endregion
 
+    #region Component Copy
+
+    /// <inheritdoc cref="IEntityManager.CopyComponent{T}"/>
+    [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)]
+    protected bool CopyComp<T>(EntityUid source, EntityUid target, [NotNullWhen(true)] out T? component, MetaDataComponent? metadataTarget = null) where T : IComponent
+    {
+        return EntityManager.CopyComponent(source, target, out component, metadataTarget);
+    }
+
+    /// <inheritdoc cref="IEntityManager.CopyComponent"/>
+    [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)]
+    protected bool CopyComp(EntityUid source, EntityUid target, Type type, [NotNullWhen(true)] out IComponent? component, MetaDataComponent? metadataTarget = null)
+    {
+        return EntityManager.CopyComponent(source, target, type, out component, metadataTarget);
+    }
+
+    /// <inheritdoc cref="IEntityManager.CopyComponents"/>
+    [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)]
+    protected bool CopyComps(EntityUid source, EntityUid target, MetaDataComponent? metadataTarget = null, params Type[] types)
+    {
+        return EntityManager.CopyComponents(source, target, metadataTarget, types);
+    }
+
+    #endregion
+
     #region Component Has
 
     /// <summary>

Robust.Shared/GameObjects/IEntityManager.Components.cs

@@ -341,6 +341,39 @@ public partial interface IEntityManager
         /// <returns>If the component existed in the entity.</returns>
         bool TryGetComponent([NotNullWhen(true)] EntityUid? uid, ushort netId, [NotNullWhen(true)] out IComponent? component, MetaDataComponent? meta = null);
 
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Copy a typed component from source to target entity and return a reference to the copied component.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <typeparam name="T">The type of component to copy</typeparam>
+        /// <param name="source">The source entity to copy from</param>
+        /// <param name="target">The target entity to copy to</param>
+        /// <param name="component">The copied component if successful</param>
+        /// <param name="metadataTarget">Optional metadata of the target entity</param>
+        /// <returns>Whether the component was successfully copied</returns>
+        bool CopyComponent<T>(EntityUid source, EntityUid target, [NotNullWhen(true)] out T? component, MetaDataComponent? metadataTarget = null) where T : IComponent;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Copy a single component from source to target entity and return a reference to the copied component.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="source">The source entity to copy the component from</param>
+        /// <param name="target">The target entity to copy the component to</param>
+        /// <param name="type">The type of component to copy</param>
+        /// <param name="component">The copied component if successful</param>
+        /// <param name="metadataTarget">Optional metadata of the target entity</param>
+        /// <returns>Whether the component was successfully copied</returns>
+        bool CopyComponent(EntityUid source, EntityUid target, Type type, [NotNullWhen(true)] out IComponent? component, MetaDataComponent? metadataTarget = null);
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Copy multiple components from source to target entity.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="source">The source entity to copy from</param>
+        /// <param name="target">The target entity to copy to</param>
+        /// <param name="metadataTarget">Optional metadata of the target entity</param>
+        /// <param name="types">Array of component types to copy</param>
+        /// <returns>Whether all components were successfully copied</returns>
+        bool CopyComponents(EntityUid source, EntityUid target, MetaDataComponent? metadataTarget = null, params Type[] types);
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Returns a cached struct enumerator with the specified component.
         /// </summary>