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Deep clone with MemoryStream
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//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
//
// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
//
// File: Utilities.cs
//
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using System;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Drawing.Imaging;
using System.IO;
using System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary;
namespace ParallelMorph
{
/// <summary>Helper utilities.</summary>
public static class Utilities
{
/// <summary>Deep clones a serializable object.</summary>
/// <typeparam name="T">Specifies the type of the object to be cloned.</typeparam>
/// <param name="source">The source object to be cloned.</param>
/// <returns>The generated deep clone.</returns>
public static T DeepClone<T>(T source) where T : class
{
using (MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream())
{
var formatter = new BinaryFormatter();
formatter.Serialize(ms, source);
ms.Position = 0;
return (T)formatter.Deserialize(ms);
}
}
}
}
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