#region License Information /* HeuristicLab * Copyright (C) 2002-2019 Heuristic and Evolutionary Algorithms Laboratory (HEAL) * * This file is part of HeuristicLab. * * HeuristicLab is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or * (at your option) any later version. * * HeuristicLab is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the * GNU General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License * along with HeuristicLab. If not, see . */ #endregion using System.Collections.Generic; namespace HeuristicLab.Common { /// /// A helper class which is used to create deep clones of object graphs. /// public sealed class Cloner { private Dictionary mapping; /// /// Creates a new Cloner instance. /// public Cloner() { mapping = new Dictionary(new ReferenceEqualityComparer()); } /// /// Creates a deep clone of a given deeply cloneable object. /// /// The object which should be cloned. /// A clone of the given object. public T Clone(T obj) where T : class, IDeepCloneable { if (obj == null) return null; IDeepCloneable clone; if (mapping.TryGetValue(obj, out clone)) return (T)clone; else return (T)obj.Clone(this); } /// /// Registers a new clone for a given deeply cloneable object. /// /// The original object. /// The clone of the original object. public void RegisterClonedObject(IDeepCloneable item, IDeepCloneable clone) { mapping.Add(item, clone); } /// /// Checks if a clone is already registered for a given deeply cloneable item. /// /// The original object. /// True if a clone is already registered for the given item; false otherwise public bool ClonedObjectRegistered(IDeepCloneable item) { return mapping.ContainsKey(item); } /// /// Returns the clone of an deeply cloned item, if it was already cloned. /// /// The original object. /// The clone of the given object, if it was already cloned; null otherwise public IDeepCloneable GetClone(IDeepCloneable original) { IDeepCloneable clone = null; mapping.TryGetValue(original, out clone); return clone; } } }