static void Main(string[] args)
{
// Ref type
UserRef ref1 = new UserRef {
FirstName = "First1", LastName = "Last1", ID = 1
};
// Copy just the reference for the ref type
UserRef ref2 = ref1;
ref2.FirstName = "First changed";
Console.WriteLine("{0}", UserRef.AreEqual(ref1, ref2)); // true
ref1 = new UserRef {
FirstName = "First1", LastName = "Last1", ID = 1
};
// Create a shallow copy for the ref type
ref2 = ref1.ShallowCopy();
ref2.FirstName = "First changed";
Console.WriteLine("{0}", UserRef.AreEqual(ref1, ref2)); //false
// Value type
UserValue val1 = new UserValue("First", "Last", 1);
// copy value type
UserValue val2 = val1;
val2.LastName = "Changed last name";
Console.WriteLine("{0}", UserValue.AreEqual(val1, val2)); //false
Console.ReadKey();
}
public static bool AreEqual(UserValue a, UserValue b)
{
return(a.FirstName == b.FirstName && a.LastName == b.LastName && a.ID == b.ID);
}
public UserValue(UserValue another)
{
FirstName = another.FirstName;
LastName = another.LastName;
ID = another.ID;
}
