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Clone Method

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Creates a shallow copy of the ArrayList.

Namespace:  System.Collections
Assembly:  mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Overridable Function Clone As Object
public virtual Object Clone()
public:
virtual Object^ Clone()
abstract Clone : unit -> Object 
override Clone : unit -> Object 
public function Clone() : Object

Return Value

Type: System. . :: . .Object
A shallow copy of the ArrayList.

Implements

ICloneable. . :: . .Clone() () () ()

Remarks

A shallow copy of a collection copies only the elements of the collection, whether they are reference types or value types, but it does not copy the objects that the references refer to. The references in the new collection point to the same objects that the references in the original collection point to.

In contrast, a deep copy of a collection copies the elements and everything directly or indirectly referenced by the elements.

This method is an O(n) operation, where n is Count.

.NET Framework Security

See Also

Reference

ArrayList Class

System.Collections Namespace