Create paragraph style based on selection

Question

Is there a way to create a paragraph style based on the selection in the same way the "New Paragraph Style" dialog box does without having to go through ALL of the elements of the style individually?
Thanks

Answer 1

I was hoping (even expecting) that this would work:
if (app.documents.length > 0 &&
    app.selection.length === 1 &&
        app.selection[0].hasOwnProperty("baseline")) {
    var myDoc = app.documents[0];   
    var myPstyle = myDoc.paragraphStyles.add({
        properties : app.selection[0].properties,
        name : "myNewStyle"});
but the result is very disappointing, particularly with respect to the font details. Maybe you just can't use the properties property as part of an add() method call, because this works pretty well:
if (app.documents.length > 0 &&
    app.selection.length === 1 &&
        app.selection[0].hasOwnProperty("baseline")) {
    var myDoc = app.documents[0];   
    var myPstyle = myDoc.paragraphStyles.add({name : "myNewStyle"});
    myPstyle.properties = app.selection[0].properties;
Dave