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----------------------------------------------------------- From: Varad_RS Message 2 in Discussion Hi Sarada, In C#, the shallow copy is also referred as memberwise copy. A shallow copy creates a new instance of the same type as the original object, and then copies the nonstatic fields of the original object. If the field is a value type, a bit-by-bit copy of the field is performed. If the field is a reference type, the reference is copied but the referred object is not; therefore, the reference in the original object and the reference in the clone point to the same object. In contrast, a deep copy of an object duplicates everything directly or indirectly referenced by the fields in the object. For example, if X is an Object with references to the objects A and B, and the object A also has a reference to an object M, a shallow copy of X is an object Y, which also has references to objects A and B. In contrast, a deep copy of X is an object Y with direct references to objects C and D, and an indirect reference to object N, where C is a copy of A, D is a copy of B, and N is a copy of M. The Type of the clone is the same as the type of the original Object. To mention more, there are 3 types of Copy Constructor in C# 1) Reference Copy 2) Memberwise copy or Shallow copy and 3) Deep copy. To learn more about C# Copy Constructor check out this nice article http://www.phptr.com/articles/printerfriendly.asp?p=25352 Hope this helps. Regards, Varad. ----------------------------------------------------------- To stop getting this e-mail, or change how often it arrives, go to your E-mail Settings. http://groups.msn.com/BDotNet/_emailsettings.msnw Need help? If you've forgotten your password, please go to Passport Member Services. http://groups.msn.com/_passportredir.msnw?ppmprop=help For other questions or feedback, go to our Contact Us page. http://groups.msn.com/contact If you do not want to receive future e-mail from this MSN group, or if you received this message by mistake, please click the "Remove" link below. On the pre-addressed e-mail message that opens, simply click "Send". Your e-mail address will be deleted from this group's mailing list. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
