CompositeDuplexBindingElement.Clone Method

Definition

Namespace:

System.ServiceModel.Channels

Assembly:

System.ServiceModel.dll

Returns a deep clone of the current binding element.

public:
 override System::ServiceModel::Channels::BindingElement ^ Clone();

public override System.ServiceModel.Channels.BindingElement Clone ();

override this.Clone : unit -> System.ServiceModel.Channels.BindingElement

Public Overrides Function Clone () As BindingElement

Returns

BindingElement

A CompositeDuplexBindingElement that is a deep clone of the current binding element.

Remarks

Returning a clone enables the runtime to support the case in which multiple custom bindings share a custom binding element. If a clone is not returned, the run-time behavior is undefined.

A deep clone of an object creates a copy of the object and a copy of everything directly or indirectly referenced by that object. (This is also called copying the entire object graph.) A shallow clone of an object, by contrast, 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; instead, it copies only the references to the original objects. In particular, a deep copy of CompositeDuplexBindingElement copies over the ClientBaseAddress value.