Object.MemberwiseClone Method Creates a shallow copy of the current Object.

 

using System;

public class IdInfo
{
    public int IdNumber;

    public IdInfo(int IdNumber)
    {
        this.IdNumber = IdNumber;
    }
}

public class Person 
{
    public int Age;
    public string Name;
    public IdInfo IdInfo;

    public Person ShallowCopy()
    {
       return (Person)this.MemberwiseClone();
    }

    public Person DeepCopy()
    {
       Person other = (Person) this.MemberwiseClone(); 
       other.IdInfo = new IdInfo(this.IdInfo.IdNumber);
       return other;
    }
}

public class Example
{
    public static void Main()
    {
        Person p1 = new Person();
        p1.Age = 42;
        p1.Name = "Sam";
        p1.IdInfo = new IdInfo(6565);

        Person p2 = (Person) p1.ShallowCopy();
    }
}

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Object.MemberwiseClone Method Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. : System Object Method « Development Class « C# / C Sharp

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