Microsoft .Net provides support for cloning objects -- an ability to create an exact copy of an object (also known as a clone). Cloning can be of two types: shallow copy and deep copy.

The default copy semantics performs a so-called "shallow copy", as opposed to a "deep copy" which duplicates objects referred by pointers. I redefined the copy behavior in Listing 1. Copy Semantics ...

A duplicate reference to a structure such as a variable, file or object. Contrast with "deep copy," which is an actual duplicate of the data. Shallow copy examples are shortcuts, symbolic ...