System Namespace


.NET Framework Class Library
ICloneable Interface

Supports cloning, which creates a new instance of a class with the same value as an existing instance.

Namespace:  System
Assembly:  mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Syntax
Visual Basic (Declaration) 
<ComVisibleAttribute(True)> _
Public Interface ICloneable
Visual Basic (Usage) 
Dim instance As ICloneable
C# 
[ComVisibleAttribute(true)]
public interface ICloneable
Visual C++ 
[ComVisibleAttribute(true)]
public interface class ICloneable
JScript 
public interface ICloneable
Remarks

The ICloneable interface contains one member, Clone, which is intended to support cloning beyond that supplied by MemberwiseClone.
Platforms

Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98, Windows CE, Windows Mobile for Smartphone, Windows Mobile for Pocket PC, Xbox 360, Zune

The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

.NET Compact Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 2.0, 1.0

XNA Framework

Supported in: 3.0, 2.0, 1.0
See Also

Reference

ICloneable Members
System Namespace
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Community Content

Kristof Verbiest
A type-safe pattern to implement this interface
The returned object is always of type 'System.Object' which is not type-safe. A type-safe pattern to implement this interface can be found here: http://kristofverbiest.blogspot.com/2008/10/type-safe-pattern-to-implement.html
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Ryan Melville
RE: A type-safe pattern to implement this interface
And here's a C++/CLI version of a more type-safe ICloneable implementation:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms235235.aspx
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