AnyClone 1.0.56

.NET Standard 2.1 This package targets .NET Standard 2.1. The package is compatible with this framework or higher. .NET Framework 4.0 This package targets .NET Framework 4.0. The package is compatible with this framework or higher.
There is a newer version of this package available.
See the version list below for details. 
dotnet add package AnyClone --version 1.0.56                

                    
                

            
NuGet\Install-Package AnyClone -Version 1.0.56
This command is intended to be used within the Package Manager Console in Visual Studio, as it uses the NuGet module's version of Install-Package. 
<PackageReference Include="AnyClone" Version="1.0.56" />
For projects that support PackageReference, copy this XML node into the project file to reference the package. 
paket add AnyClone --version 1.0.56                

                    
                

            
#r "nuget: AnyClone, 1.0.56"
#r directive can be used in F# Interactive and Polyglot Notebooks. Copy this into the interactive tool or source code of the script to reference the package. 
// Install AnyClone as a Cake Addin
#addin nuget:?package=AnyClone&version=1.0.56

// Install AnyClone as a Cake Tool
#tool nuget:?package=AnyClone&version=1.0.56

AnyClone

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A CSharp library that can deep clone any object using only reflection.

No requirements for [Serializable] attributes, supports standard ignore attributes.

Description

I built this library as almost all others I tried on complex objects either didn't work at all, or failed to account for common scenarios. Serialization required too much boiler plate (BinarySerialization, Protobuf, or Json.Net) and fails to account for various designs. Implementing IClonable was too much of a chore and should be unnecessary. Various projects that use expression trees also failed to work, IObservable patterns were difficult to implement on large, already written code base.

Installation

Install AnyClone from the Package Manager Console:

PM> Install-Package AnyClone

Usage

using AnyClone;

var originalObject = new SomeComplexTypeWithDeepStructure();
var myClonedObject = originalObject.Clone();

Capture Errors

using AnyClone;

var originalObject = new SomeComplexTypeWithDeepStructure();
// capture errors found with your object where impossible situations occur, and add [IgnoreDataMember] to those properties/fields.

var myClonedObject = originalObject.Clone((ex, path, property, obj) => {
  Console.WriteLine($"Cloning error: {path} {ex.Message}");
  Assert.Fail();
});

Get differences between cloned objects using AnyDiff

using AnyDiff;

var object1 = new MyComplexObject(1, "A string");
var object1Snapshot = object1.Clone();

var diff = AnyDiff.Diff(object1, object1Snapshot);
Assert.AreEqual(diff.Count, 0);

// change something anywhere in the object tree
object1.Name = "A different string";

diff = AnyDiff.Diff(object1, object1Snapshot);
Assert.AreEqual(diff.Count, 1);

Ignoring Properties/Fields

There are unfortunately a few situations that can't be resolved, such as cloning delegates, events etc. Fortunately, and for most scenarios you don't want these anyways so you can use any of the standard supported attributes to ignore these properties: [IgnoreDataMember], [JsonIgnore], and [NonSerialized] (fields only, just use [IgnoreDataMember] and save yourself the hassle).

Other Applications

If you need to perform serialization instead of deep copying, try out AnySerializer which doesn't require attribute decoration and works on complex structures.

Product Compatible and additional computed target framework versions.
.NET net5.0 was computed.  net5.0-windows was computed.  net6.0 was computed.  net6.0-android was computed.  net6.0-ios was computed.  net6.0-maccatalyst was computed.  net6.0-macos was computed.  net6.0-tvos was computed.  net6.0-windows was computed.  net7.0 was computed.  net7.0-android was computed.  net7.0-ios was computed.  net7.0-maccatalyst was computed.  net7.0-macos was computed.  net7.0-tvos was computed.  net7.0-windows was computed.  net8.0 was computed.  net8.0-android was computed.  net8.0-browser was computed.  net8.0-ios was computed.  net8.0-maccatalyst was computed.  net8.0-macos was computed.  net8.0-tvos was computed.  net8.0-windows was computed. 
.NET Core netcoreapp3.0 was computed.  netcoreapp3.1 was computed. 
.NET Standard netstandard2.1 is compatible. 
.NET Framework net40 is compatible.  net403 was computed.  net45 is compatible.  net451 was computed.  net452 was computed.  net46 is compatible.  net461 is compatible.  net462 is compatible.  net463 was computed.  net47 is compatible.  net471 was computed.  net472 was computed.  net48 is compatible.  net481 was computed. 
MonoAndroid monoandroid was computed. 
MonoMac monomac was computed. 
MonoTouch monotouch was computed. 
Tizen tizen60 was computed. 
Xamarin.iOS xamarinios was computed. 
Xamarin.Mac xamarinmac was computed. 
Xamarin.TVOS xamarintvos was computed. 
Xamarin.WatchOS xamarinwatchos was computed. 
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1.0.68 2,137 8/18/2021
1.0.67 383 8/11/2021
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1.0.35 506 4/22/2020
1.0.34 19,444 5/16/2019
1.0.31 1,098 4/20/2019
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1.0.27 953 4/14/2019
1.0.24 2,532 1/11/2019
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1.0.9 1,039 12/2/2018
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1.0.6 1,037 11/29/2018
1.0.5 1,028 11/29/2018
1.0.4 1,084 11/28/2018
1.0.0 1,181 11/16/2018

Deep clone or copy any complex object without the hassle of serialization, decoration or custom mappings.