Deep copy with serialization and deserialization (C#)
Class:
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1 [Serializable] 2 class SerializeDemo 3 { 4 public String Name; 5 public Int32 Score; 6 [NonSerialized] 7 public String Grade; 8 }
DeepClone<T>:
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1 static class ExtObject 2 { 3 public static T DeepClone<T>(this T objectToCopy) where T:class 4 { 5 using (MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream()) 6 { 7 BinaryFormatter binaryFormatter = new BinaryFormatter(); 8 binaryFormatter.Serialize(stream, objectToCopy); 9 stream.Seek(0, SeekOrigin.Begin); 10 return (T)binaryFormatter.Deserialize(stream); 11 } 12 } 13 }
Test:
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1 class Program 2 { 3 static void Main(string[] args) 4 { 5 SerializeDemo demo = new SerializeDemo() 6 { 7 Name = "Lei", 8 Grade = "Two", 9 Score = 100 10 }; 11 12 Console.WriteLine("Shallow Copy:"); 13 SerializeDemo shallowCopy = demo; 14 Console.WriteLine(Object.Equals(demo, shallowCopy)); 15 Console.WriteLine(shallowCopy.Name); 16 Console.WriteLine(shallowCopy.Score); 17 Console.WriteLine(shallowCopy.Grade); 18 19 Console.WriteLine("Deep Copy:"); 20 SerializeDemo deepCopy = demo.DeepClone<SerializeDemo>(); 21 Console.WriteLine(Object.Equals(demo, deepCopy)); 22 Console.WriteLine(deepCopy.Name); 23 Console.WriteLine(deepCopy.Score); 24 Console.WriteLine(deepCopy.Grade); 25 26 Console.ReadLine(); 27 } 28 }
Result:
Reference:
【1】http://softwarebydefault.com/2013/02/10/deep-copy-generics/