"Eitan" <Eitan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hello,
>
> Suppose I have created 2 objects of MyClass:
>
> MyClass myClass1 = new MyClass();
> MyClass myClass2 = new MyClass();
>
> I also defined variables inside MyClass1:
>
> myClass1.myVar1 = 1 ;
> myClass1.myVar2 = 2 ;
>
> What would be the best, elegant, way to achive:
>
> myClass2 = myClass1 ;
>
> Thanks
> Eitan
>

"PvdG42" wrote:

>
> "Eitan" <Eitan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:B6EBA3F2-8212-4742-9BB7-D68F200D0CD2@microsoft.com...
> > Hello,
> >
> > Suppose I have created 2 objects of MyClass:
> >
> > MyClass myClass1 = new MyClass();
> > MyClass myClass2 = new MyClass();
> >
> > I also defined variables inside MyClass1:
> >
> > myClass1.myVar1 = 1 ;
> > myClass1.myVar2 = 2 ;
> >
> > What would be the best, elegant, way to achive:
> >
> > myClass2 = myClass1 ;
> >
> > Thanks
> > Eitan
> >
> Assuming C#.
> You need to understand that objects are reference types that hold the
> address of the actual object. So, a statement like
>
> myClass2 = myClass1 ;
>
> simply assigns the memory address in myClass1 to myClass2, making myClass2 a
> second reference to the same object.
> In order to make a second object that is a clone of myClass1 you must do a
> member-wise copy of the field values in the object referenced by myClass1
> into the same fields in the object referenced by myClass2.
> One way this is frequently accomplished is by including a copy constructor
> in your class definition.
>