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.NET Framework Class Library
ICloneable Interface

Updated: November 2007

Supports cloning, which creates a new instance of a class with the same value as an existing instance.

Namespace:  System
Assembly:  mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Visual Basic (Declaration)
<ComVisibleAttribute(True)> _
Public Interface ICloneable
Visual Basic (Usage)
Dim instance As ICloneable
C#
[ComVisibleAttribute(true)]
public interface ICloneable
Visual C++
[ComVisibleAttribute(true)]
public interface class ICloneable
J#
/** @attribute ComVisibleAttribute(true) */
public interface ICloneable
JScript
public interface ICloneable

The ICloneable interface contains one member, Clone, which is intended to support cloning beyond that supplied by MemberwiseClone.

Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98, Windows CE, Windows Mobile for Smartphone, Windows Mobile for Pocket PC, Xbox 360

The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

.NET Compact Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 2.0, 1.0

XNA Framework

Supported in: 2.0, 1.0
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