How do you do a deep copy of an object in .NET? [duplicate]

Answer 1

The best way is:

    public interface IDeepClonable where T : class
    {
        T DeepClone();
    }

    public class MyObj : IDeepClonable
    {
        public MyObj Clone()
        {
            var myObj = new MyObj();
            myObj._field1 = _field1;//value type
            myObj._field2 = _field2;//value type
            myObj._field3 = _field3;//value type

            if (_child != null)
            {
                myObj._child = _child.DeepClone(); //reference type .DeepClone() that does the same
            }

            int len = _array.Length;
            myObj._array = new MyObj[len]; // array / collection
            for (int i = 0; i < len; i++)
            {
                myObj._array[i] = _array[i];
            }

            return myObj;
        }

        private bool _field1;
        public bool Field1
        {
            get { return _field1; }
            set { _field1 = value; }
        }

        private int _field2;
        public int Property2
        {
            get { return _field2; }
            set { _field2 = value; }
        }

        private string _field3;
        public string Property3
        {
            get { return _field3; }
            set { _field3 = value; }
        }

        private MyObj _child;
        private MyObj Child
        {
            get { return _child; }
            set { _child = value; }
        }

        private MyObj[] _array = new MyObj[4];
    }