Set All Properties to Default Values

using System;
using System.Reflection;

public static class Extensions
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Processes all properties on an object
    /// and resets them to the default value.
    ///
    /// Loops through all the properties on any object,
    /// resetting each property to its default value.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="obj">The target object.</param>
    /// <typeparam name="T">The type parameter.</typeparam>
    /// <example>
    ///     var cust = new Customer("A123");
    ///     cust.SetPropertiesToDefaultValues();
    /// </example>
    /// <remarks>https://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2016/05/27/processing-all-properties-object-dotnet.aspx</remarks>
    public static void SetPropertiesToDefaultValues<T>(this T obj)
    {
        foreach (var prop in obj.GetType().GetProperties())
        {
            Type propType = prop.GetType();
            if ((prop.PropertyType.Name == "String"))
            {
                prop.SetValue(obj, String.Empty);
            }
            else if (propType.GetTypeInfo().IsValueType)
            {
                prop.SetValue(obj, Activator.CreateInstance(propType));
            }
            else
            {
                prop.SetValue(obj, null);
            }
        }
    }
}

//
// Usage
var cust = new Customer("A123");
cust.SetPropertiesToDefaultValues();