| 1 | #region License Information
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| 2 | /* HeuristicLab
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| 3 | * Copyright (C) 2002-2010 Heuristic and Evolutionary Algorithms Laboratory (HEAL)
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| 4 | *
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| 5 | * This file is part of HeuristicLab.
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| 6 | *
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| 7 | * HeuristicLab is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
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| 8 | * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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| 9 | * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
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| 10 | * (at your option) any later version.
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| 11 | *
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| 12 | * HeuristicLab is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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| 13 | * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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| 14 | * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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| 15 | * GNU General Public License for more details.
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| 16 | *
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| 17 | * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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| 18 | * along with HeuristicLab. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
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| 19 | */
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| 20 | #endregion
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| 21 |
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| 22 |
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| 23 | namespace HeuristicLab.Common {
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| 24 | /// <summary>
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| 25 | /// Represents a base class for all deeply cloneable objects.
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| 26 | /// </summary>
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| 27 | public abstract class DeepCloneable : IDeepCloneable {
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| 28 | protected DeepCloneable(DeepCloneable original, Cloner cloner) {
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| 29 | cloner.RegisterClonedObject(original, this);
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| 30 | }
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| 31 | protected DeepCloneable() { }
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| 32 |
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| 33 | /// <summary>
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| 34 | /// Creates a deep clone of this instance.
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| 35 | /// </summary>
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| 36 | /// <remarks>
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| 37 | /// This method is the entry point for creating a deep clone of a whole object graph.
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| 38 | /// </remarks>
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| 39 | /// <returns>A clone of this instance.</returns>
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| 40 | public object Clone() {
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| 41 | return Clone(new Cloner());
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| 42 | }
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| 43 |
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| 44 | /// <summary>
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| 45 | /// Creates a deep clone of this instance.
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| 46 | /// </summary>
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| 47 | /// <remarks>This method should not be called directly. It is used for creating clones of
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| 48 | /// objects which are contained in the object that is currently cloned.</remarks>
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| 49 | /// <param name="cloner">The cloner which is responsible for keeping track of all already
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| 50 | /// cloned objects.</param>
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| 51 | /// <returns>A clone of this instance.</returns>
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| 52 | public abstract IDeepCloneable Clone(Cloner cloner);
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| 53 | }
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| 54 | }
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