Clone derived class from base class method

Question

I have an abstract base class Base which has some common properties, and many derived ones which implement different logic but rarely have additional fields.

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Answer 1

I got another idea using the Activator class:

public class Base
{
    public virtual object Clone()
    {
        Base copy = (Base)Activator.CreateInstance(this.GetType());
        copy.Id = this.Id;
        return copy;
    }


    public string Id { get; set; }
}

public class A : Base
{
    public override object Clone()
    {
        A copy = (A)base.Clone();
        copy.Name = this.Name;
        return copy;
    }

    public string Name { get; set; }
}

A a = new A();
A aCopy = (A)a.Clone();

But i would go for the Alexander Simonov answer.