Example #1
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        /// <summary>
        /// Perform a deep copy.
        /// Silverlight version.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="oldObj">The old object.</param>
        /// <returns>The new object.</returns>
        static public IEncogPersistedObject DeepCopy(IEncogPersistedObject oldObj)
        {
            bool replacedName = false;

            // encog objects won't save without a name
            if (oldObj.Name == null)
            {
                replacedName = true;
                oldObj.Name  = "temp";
            }

            // now make the copy
            MemoryStream mstream   = new MemoryStream();
            WriteXML     xmlOut    = new WriteXML(mstream);
            IPersistor   persistor = oldObj.CreatePersistor();

            xmlOut.BeginDocument();
            persistor.Save(oldObj, xmlOut);
            xmlOut.EndDocument();
            // now read it back
            mstream.Position = 0;
            ReadXML xmlIn = new ReadXML(mstream);

            xmlIn.ReadToTag();
            IEncogPersistedObject result = persistor.Load(xmlIn);

            mstream.Close();

            // put the name back to null if we changed it
            if (replacedName)
            {
                oldObj.Name = null;
                result.Name = null;
            }
            return(result);
        }