/// <summary>
/// This method demonstrates the difference between the shallow clone and
/// the deep clone of the Customer struct.
/// </summary>
public static void CloneCustomer()
{
Address address = new Address {
City = "Los Angeles"
};
Customer originalCustomer = new Customer {
Id = 201, Name = "Kevin Brown", Address = address
};
// Get a shallow copy of the originalCustomer and set the new values in the copy.
Customer shallowCloneCustomer = originalCustomer;
shallowCloneCustomer.Id = 202;
shallowCloneCustomer.Name = "John Wood";
shallowCloneCustomer.Address.City = "Boston";// Change the shallow copy's address information.
// Show the information of originalCustomer and the shallow copy.
Console.WriteLine("It is the shallow clone of the Customer struct.");
Console.WriteLine("{0,-5} {1,-25} {2}",
originalCustomer.Id, originalCustomer.Name, originalCustomer.Address.City);
Console.WriteLine("{0,-5} {1,-25} {2}",
shallowCloneCustomer.Id, shallowCloneCustomer.Name, originalCustomer.Address.City);
Console.WriteLine();
// Get a deep copy of the originalCustomer and set the new values in the copy.
address.City = "Los Angeles";
Customer deepCloneCustomer = DeepCloneHelper.DeepClone(originalCustomer);
deepCloneCustomer.Id = 202;
deepCloneCustomer.Name = "John Wood";
deepCloneCustomer.Address.City = "Boston";// Change the deep copy's address information.
// Show the information of originalCustomer and the deep copy.
Console.WriteLine("It is the deep clone of the Customer struct.");
Console.WriteLine("{0,-5} {1,-25} {2}",
originalCustomer.Id, originalCustomer.Name, originalCustomer.Address.City);
Console.WriteLine("{0,-5} {1,-25} {2}",
deepCloneCustomer.Id, deepCloneCustomer.Name, deepCloneCustomer.Address.City);
Console.WriteLine();
}
/// <summary>
/// This method demonstrates the difference between the shallow clone and
/// the deep clone of the Employee class.
/// </summary>
public static void CloneEmployee()
{
Address address = new Address {
City = "ShangHai"
};
Employee originalEmployee = new Employee {
Id = 101, Name = "Gail Erickson", Address = address
};
// Get a shallow copy of the originalEmployee and set the new values in the copy.
Employee shallowCloneEmployee = originalEmployee.ShallowCopy();
shallowCloneEmployee.Id = 102;
shallowCloneEmployee.Name = "Dylan Miller";
shallowCloneEmployee.Address.City = "RedMond";// Change the shallow copy's address information.
// Show the information of originalEmployee and the shallow copy.
Console.WriteLine("It is the shallow clone of the Employee class.");
Console.WriteLine("{0,-5} {1,-25} {2}",
originalEmployee.Id, originalEmployee.Name, originalEmployee.Address.City);
Console.WriteLine("{0,-5} {1,-25} {2}",
shallowCloneEmployee.Id, shallowCloneEmployee.Name, shallowCloneEmployee.Address.City);
Console.WriteLine();
// Get a deep copy of the originalEmployee and set the new values in the copy.
address.City = "ShangHai";
Employee deepCloneEmployee = DeepCloneHelper.DeepClone(originalEmployee);
deepCloneEmployee.Id = 102;
deepCloneEmployee.Name = "Dylan Miller";
deepCloneEmployee.Address.City = "RedMond"; // Change the deep copy's address information.
// Show the information of originalEmployee and the deep copy.
Console.WriteLine("It is the deep clone of the Employee class.");
Console.WriteLine("{0,-5} {1,-25} {2}",
originalEmployee.Id, originalEmployee.Name, originalEmployee.Address.City);
Console.WriteLine("{0,-5} {1,-25} {2}",
deepCloneEmployee.Id, deepCloneEmployee.Name, deepCloneEmployee.Address.City);
Console.WriteLine();
}