.Net Cloning

During a project, i implemented LINQ and recursions for converting in memory object to XML (instead of XML or DataContract serialization). I also used recursions, LINQ and reflection for deep copying objects. Here is a prescribed way of cloning using Iclonebale, without LINQ.

Implementing ICloneble for Deep cloning

[Serializable]

public class Customer : ICloneable

{

    public string FirstName { get; set; }

    public string LastName { get; set; }

    public Address Address { get; set; }

    #region ICloneable Members

    public object Clone()

    {

        object clone;

        using (MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream())

        {

            BinaryFormatter formatter = new BinaryFormatter();

            // Serialize this object

            formatter.Serialize(stream, this);

            stream.Position = 0;

            // Deserialize to another object

            clone = formatter.Deserialize(stream);

        }

        return clone;

    }

    #endregion

}

I will be posting on LINQ Clones in my next blog...

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