Create object instance without invoking constructor?

Question

In C#, is there a way to instantiate an instance of a class without invoking its constructor?

Assume the class is public and is defined in a 3rd par

Answer 1

If the class (and the classes of objects that it references) is Serializable, you can create a deep copy by serializing using a BinaryFormatter that outputs to a MemoryStream (creating a byte array byte[]), then deserializing. See the answers to this question on converting an object to a byte array. (But note - saving the byte array to use later/elsewhere is likely not to work. IOW don't save the byte array to a file or other persistent form.)