How do I copy an instance of an object?

Question

I\'m trying to write some code that populates a List (actually, it\'s a series of Lists, but we can pretend it\'s just one List). The

Answer 1

As others have said, you would need to make that copy, in some PinnacleStock-specific way:

foreach (PinnacleStock ps in p.StockList.Where(x => x.ColorCode == "10" && 
                                                    x.PackageLength == 30.64))
{
  for (int i = 1; i <= ps.OnOrder; i++)
  {
    PinnacleStock clone = ps.CopySomehow();  // your problem
    r.TryAddPackage((IPackage)clone);
  }
}

However, you might want to question whether this is the right solution. Do you really need a separate instance of the PinnacleStock? Does adding a PinnacleStock to a Rack really create a new, independent instance? Are you planning to modify or track each of these individual copies separately? Is it correct that now you will have PinnacleStock instances that don't appear in your StockList? Not knowing your domain or the semantics of PinnacleStock, it's hard to be sure, but you might want to consider, say, creating a PinnacleStockRackEntry object to represent an instance of a PinnacleStock -- depends on the intended semantics of course!