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source: trunk/sources/HeuristicLab.Core/3.3/DeepCloneable.cs @ 2770

Last change on this file since 2770 was 2664, checked in by swagner, 15 years ago

Abandoned policy that the names of all abstract base classes have to end in "Base" (#95)

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1#region License Information
2/* HeuristicLab
3 * Copyright (C) 2002-2008 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 System.Collections.Generic;
24using System.Text;
25using System.Xml;
26using HeuristicLab.Persistence.Default.CompositeSerializers.Storable;
27
28namespace HeuristicLab.Core {
29  /// <summary>
30  /// Represents a base class for all deeply cloneable objects.
31  /// </summary>
32  [EmptyStorableClass]
33  public abstract class DeepCloneable : IDeepCloneable {
34    /// <summary>
35    /// Creates a deep clone of this instance.
36    /// </summary>
37    /// <remarks>
38    /// This method is the entry point for creating a deep clone of a whole object graph.
39    /// </remarks>
40    /// <returns>A clone of this instance.</returns>
41    public object Clone() {
42      return Clone(new Cloner());
43    }
44
45    /// <summary>
46    /// Creates a deep clone of this instance.
47    /// </summary>
48    /// <remarks>This method should not be called directly. It is used for creating clones of
49    /// objects which are contained in the object that is currently cloned.</remarks>
50    /// <param name="cloner">The cloner which is responsible for keeping track of all already
51    /// cloned objects.</param>
52    /// <returns>A clone of this instance.</returns>
53    public virtual IDeepCloneable Clone(Cloner cloner) {
54      DeepCloneable clone = (DeepCloneable)Activator.CreateInstance(this.GetType());
55      cloner.RegisterClonedObject(this, clone);
56      return clone;
57    }
58  }
59}
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