System.Globalization Namespace   CultureInfo Class

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Creates a copy of the current CultureInfo.

[ VB ]
Overridable Public Function Clone ( ) As Object Implements _
   ICloneable.Clone

[ C# ]
public virtual object Clone ( );

[ C++ ]
public: virtual Object* Clone ( );

[ JScript ]
function Clone ( ) : Object;

A copy of the current CultureInfo.

ICloneable.Clone

The clone is writable even if the original CultureInfo is read-only; therefore, the properties of the clone can be modified.

A shallow copy of an object is a copy of the object only. If the object contains references to other objects, the shallow copy does not create copies of the referred objects. It refers to the original objects instead. In contrast, a deep copy of an object creates a copy of the object and a copy of everything directly or indirectly referenced by that object.

CultureInfo.Clone is a shallow copy with exceptions. The objects returned by the NumberFormat and the DateTimeFormat properties are also cloned, so that the CultureInfo clone can modify the properties of NumberFormat and DateTimeFormat without affecting the original CultureInfo.

CultureInfo Members   Object

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