Automatic Deep Cloning « XElement « LINQ XML

If you add an already parented node to a second parent, the node is automatically deep-cloned.


using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Xml.Linq;

class Program
{
    static void Main()
    {
        var address = new XElement("address",new XElement("street", "Main St"), new XElement("town", "New York"));
        var customer1 = new XElement("customer1", address);
        var customer2 = new XElement("customer2", address);

        customer1.Element("address").Element("street").Value = "Another St";
        Console.WriteLine(customer2.Element("address").Element("street").Value);

    }
}


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