A .NET Library for object cloning
This library uses a fluent helper to configure object clone configuration. You can clone objects or configure members where references needs to be preserved.
Library has been production tested and has no currently known issues.
Example : Deep clone an entire objects with minimal configuration
var a = Helper.InitTestObject();
var clone = new Newsoft.NetClone.ObjectCloner<A>();
var aprime = clone.Clone(a);
a.B.F1 = 12345;
aprime.B.F1 = 6789;
Assert.AreNotEqual(a.B.F1, aprime.B.F1);Simple clone for class A where member B will be cloned and it's member C reference will be preserved after clone.
var clone = new ObjectCloner<A>();
clone.ForMember(V => V.B).CloneMode(CloneMode.Copy);
clone.ForMember(V => V.B.C).CloneMode(CloneMode.Reference);It has support for collections
var clone = new ObjectCloner<A>();
clone.ForMember(V => V.Bs.Select(V1=>V1.B).CloneMode(CloneMode.Copy);It uses Newtonsoft JSON Serializer to copy the objects.
Library also has capability to configure clone on non-generic fluent configuration.
Clone a collection member
var clone = new ObjectCloner();
var a = Helper.InitTestObject();
clone.ForMember("Bs[*].C").CloneMode(CloneMode.Copy);Set member of a collection to preserve reference
var clone = new ObjectCloner();
clone.ForMember("Bs[*]").CloneMode(CloneMode.Copy);
clone.ForMember("Bs[*].C").CloneMode(CloneMode.AsReference);For more example and use cases you can look at Newsoft.Netclone.Test .