How do I clone a generic list in C#?

Question

I have a generic list of objects in C#, and wish to clone the list. The items within the list are cloneable, but there doesn\'t seem to be an option to do list.Clone()

Answer 1

There is a simple way to clone objects in C# using a JSON serializer and deserializer.

You can create an extension class:

using Newtonsoft.Json;

static class typeExtensions
{
    [Extension()]
    public static T jsonCloneObject(T source)
    {
    string json = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(source);
    return JsonConvert.DeserializeObject(json);
    }
}

To clone and object:

obj clonedObj = originalObj.jsonCloneObject;