Deep copy, clone, ICloneable

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// Shows how to return a deep copy clone of an object.

class CloneTest : ICloneable
{
    public int SomeProperty { get; set; }

    public object Clone()
    {
        CloneTest clone = new CloneTest();
        clone.SomeProperty = this.SomeProperty;
        return clone;

        // If we only have properties to clone then we 
        // could simplify by returning a "shallow" copy:
        //return this.MemberwiseClone(); 
    }

    public void TryThisExample()
    {
        // Clone an object
        CloneTest original = new CloneTest();
        original.SomeProperty = 123;

        CloneTest clone = (CloneTest)original.Clone();

        // Now both will have the same state:
        Console.Write(original.SomeProperty);
        Console.Write(clone.SomeProperty);

    }
}