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source: trunk/sources/HeuristicLab.Core/3.3/DeepCloneable.cs @ 2989

Last change on this file since 2989 was 2830, checked in by swagner, 15 years ago

Operator architecture refactoring (#95)

  • worked on operators and SGA
  • improved performance
File size: 2.1 KB
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1#region License Information
2/* HeuristicLab
3 * Copyright (C) 2002-2010 Heuristic and Evolutionary Algorithms Laboratory (HEAL)
4 *
5 * This file is part of HeuristicLab.
6 *
7 * HeuristicLab is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
8 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
9 * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
10 * (at your option) any later version.
11 *
12 * HeuristicLab is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
13 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
14 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
15 * GNU General Public License for more details.
16 *
17 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
18 * along with HeuristicLab. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
19 */
20#endregion
21
22using System;
23using HeuristicLab.Persistence.Default.CompositeSerializers.Storable;
24
25namespace HeuristicLab.Core {
26  /// <summary>
27  /// Represents a base class for all deeply cloneable objects.
28  /// </summary>
29  [EmptyStorableClass]
30  public abstract class DeepCloneable : IDeepCloneable {
31    /// <summary>
32    /// Creates a deep clone of this instance.
33    /// </summary>
34    /// <remarks>
35    /// This method is the entry point for creating a deep clone of a whole object graph.
36    /// </remarks>
37    /// <returns>A clone of this instance.</returns>
38    public object Clone() {
39      return Clone(new Cloner());
40    }
41
42    /// <summary>
43    /// Creates a deep clone of this instance.
44    /// </summary>
45    /// <remarks>This method should not be called directly. It is used for creating clones of
46    /// objects which are contained in the object that is currently cloned.</remarks>
47    /// <param name="cloner">The cloner which is responsible for keeping track of all already
48    /// cloned objects.</param>
49    /// <returns>A clone of this instance.</returns>
50    public virtual IDeepCloneable Clone(Cloner cloner) {
51      DeepCloneable clone = (DeepCloneable)Activator.CreateInstance(this.GetType());
52      cloner.RegisterClonedObject(this, clone);
53      return clone;
54    }
55  }
56}
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