How to copy a component from Prefab to Hierarchy object

Unity Engine
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Hey guys, I’m trying to copy a component from a gameobject in my Project/Plugins folder, to another/different gameobject in my Hierarchy.

I can do this the ‘normal’ way, instantiating the prefab with the component I want and then extracting it. But I’m looking for a more ‘cleaner’ aproach. I need to use a static method, wich loses all references to mohobehaviours but can be called from anywhere.
So lets assume I have this: Project/Plugins/Crazy/PrefabWithTheComponent, and this prefab has a component named ‘CrazyComponent’, wich has references to other prefabs. I want, at runtime, to copy/instantiate this component and attach it to the main camera. Is it even possible?

PseudoCode sample:

public static CrazyComponent MoveComponentAround()
{
CrazyComponent comp = FindObjectWithComponent("Project/Plugins/Crazy/PrefabWithTheComponent")
CrazyComponent mainCamComp = Camera.Main.AddComponent<CrazyComponent>();
mainCamComp = comp; //somehow copy the references from the prefab to the new instance
}

Does it make any sense? Or am I typing jiberish?

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You could make code in your CrazyComponent to initialize itself with the contents of another CrazyComponent.

Personally I would just make another prefab that is JUST the camera you want and instantiate that instead, replacing the current Camera.main with it.