.NET (Core and Framework)

structure MyName
  ...
  dim MyName as String
end structure

struct MyName
{ 
   ...
   string myName
}

public class Person
{
 public Int32 Id { get; set; }
 public string FirstName { get; set; }
 public string LastName { get; set; }
}

public class MyClass
{
  //both instances refer to the same person, probably coming from different sources
  Person obj1 = new Person(); obj1.Id=1; obj1.FirstName = "Tiju";
  Person obj2 = new Person(); ojb2.Id=1; obj2.LastName = "John";


  //some way of merging both the object
  obj1.MergeObject(obj2); //??
  obj1.Id // = 1
  obj1.FirstName // = "Tiju"
  obj1.LastName // = "John"
}

public static class ExtensionMethods
{
    private const string Key = "Id";

    public static IList MergeList(this IList source, IList target)
    {
        Dictionary<string, object> itemData = new Dictionary<string, object>();

        //fill the dictionary for existing list
        string temp = null;
        foreach (object item in source)
        {
            temp = GetKeyOfRecord(item);
            if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(temp))
                itemData[temp] = item;
        }

        //if the same id exists, merge the object, otherwise add to the existing list.

        foreach (object item in target)
        {
            temp = GetKeyOfRecord(item);
            if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(temp) && itemData.ContainsKey(temp))
                itemData[temp].MergeObject(item);
            else
                source.Add(item);
        }

        return source;
    }

    private static string GetKeyOfRecord(object o)
    {
        string keyValue = null;
        Type pointType = o.GetType();
        if (pointType != null)
            foreach (PropertyInfo propertyItem in pointType.GetProperties())
            {
                if (propertyItem.Name == Key)
                { keyValue = (string)propertyItem.GetValue(o, null); }
            }
        return keyValue;
    }

    public static object MergeObject(this object source, object target)
    {
        if (source != null && target != null)
        {
            Type typeSource = source.GetType();
            Type typeTarget = target.GetType();

            //if both types are same, try to merge
            if (typeSource != null && typeTarget != null && typeSource.FullName == typeTarget.FullName)
                if (typeSource.IsClass && !typeSource.Namespace.Equals("System", StringComparison.InvariantCulture))
                {
                    PropertyInfo[] propertyList = typeSource.GetProperties();

                    for (int index = 0; index < propertyList.Length; index++)
                    {
                        Type tempPropertySourceValueType = null;
                        object tempPropertySourceValue = null;
                        Type tempPropertyTargetValueType = null;
                        object tempPropertyTargetValue = null;

                        //get rid of indexers
                        if (propertyList[index].GetIndexParameters().Length == 0)
                        {
                            tempPropertySourceValue = propertyList[index].GetValue(source, null);
                            tempPropertyTargetValue = propertyList[index].GetValue(target, null);
                        }
                        if (tempPropertySourceValue != null)
                            tempPropertySourceValueType = tempPropertySourceValue.GetType();
                        if (tempPropertyTargetValue != null)
                            tempPropertyTargetValueType = tempPropertyTargetValue.GetType();



                        //if the property is a list
                        IList ilistSource = tempPropertySourceValue as IList;
                        IList ilistTarget = tempPropertyTargetValue as IList;
                        if (ilistSource != null || ilistTarget != null)
                        {
                            if (ilistSource != null)
                                ilistSource.MergeList(ilistTarget);
                            else
                                propertyList[index].SetValue(source, ilistTarget, null);
                        }

                        //if the property is a Dto
                        else if (tempPropertySourceValue != null || tempPropertyTargetValue != null)
                        {
                            if (tempPropertySourceValue != null)
                                tempPropertySourceValue.MergeObject(tempPropertyTargetValue);
                            else
                                propertyList[index].SetValue(source, tempPropertyTargetValue, null);
                        }
                    }
                }
        }
        return source;
    }
}