UIView Category for producing a raster copy

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#include <QuartzCore/QuartzCore.h>

@implementation UIView (Raster)

-(UIImage*)getRasterCopy{
    
    /* returns UIImage of any UIView */
    
    UIGraphicsBeginImageContextWithOptions(self.bounds.size, self.opaque, 0.0);
    
    [self.layer renderInContext:UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext()];
   
    UIImage *resultingImage = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext();
    UIGraphicsEndImageContext();
    
    return resultingImage;
}

@end