Hi !
In this article I'll give you a useful Extension Method in order to create a shallow copy of any objects by calling Object.MemberwiseClone Method.
The following Extension is useful to Clone Objects without inherits them with IClonable interface.
Here is the Extension Code
public static T Clone<T>(this T o) where T : class
{
Type type = o.GetType().BaseType;
MethodInfo[] methodInfos = type.GetMethods(BindingFlags.NonPublic
| BindingFlags.Instance
| BindingFlags.DeclaredOnly);
MethodInfo cloneMethod = null;
foreach (var item in methodInfos)
{
if (item.Name == "MemberwiseClone")
{
cloneMethod = item;
break;
}
}
if (cloneMethod != null)
{
return (T)cloneMethod.Invoke(o, null);
}
return default(T);
}Here is a sample of usage
public class Test
{
public String Name { get; set; }
}
Test obj1 = new Test() { Name = "Blah" };
Console.WriteLine(obj1.Name);
Test obj2 = obj1.Clone<Test>();
Console.WriteLine(obj2.Name);
Hope this help's
NB : I think this Extension can be improved, but it's a begining.
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