ICloneable Interface

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Supports cloning, which creates a new instance of a class with the same value as an existing instance.

Namespace:  System
Assembly:  mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Interface ICloneable

public interface ICloneable

public interface class ICloneable

type ICloneable =  interface end

public interface ICloneable

The ICloneable type exposes the following members.

Methods

	Name	Description
	Clone	Creates a new object that is a copy of the current instance.

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Remarks

The ICloneable interface contains one member, Clone, which is intended to support cloning beyond that supplied by MemberwiseClone. For more information about cloning, deep versus shallow copies, and examples, see the Object..::..MemberwiseClone method.

See Also

Reference

System Namespace