Custom Filter Enhancement Phase #1

GBM/Managers/mgrCommon.vb

@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ Imports System.Net
 Imports System.IO
 Imports System.Security.Principal
 Imports System.Text.RegularExpressions
+Imports System.Runtime.Serialization
+Imports System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary
 
 Public Class mgrCommon
 
@@ -35,6 +37,28 @@ Public Class mgrCommon
         End Get
     End Property
 
+    'Source - https://stackoverflow.com/questions/18873152/deep-copy-of-ordereddictionary
+    Public Shared Function GenericClone(ByVal oOriginal As Object) As Object
+        'Construct a temporary memory stream
+        Dim oStream As MemoryStream = New MemoryStream()
+
+        'Construct a serialization formatter that does all the hard work
+        Dim oFormatter As BinaryFormatter = New BinaryFormatter()
+
+        'This line Is explained in the "Streaming Contexts" section
+        oFormatter.Context = New StreamingContext(StreamingContextStates.Clone)
+
+        'Serialize the object graph into the memory stream
+        oFormatter.Serialize(oStream, oOriginal)
+
+        'Seek back to the start of the memory stream before deserializing
+        oStream.Position = 0
+
+        'Deserialize the graph into a New set of objects
+        'Return the root of the graph (deep copy) to the caller
+        Return oFormatter.Deserialize(oStream)
+    End Function
+
     Public Shared Function CheckAddress(ByVal URL As String) As Boolean
         Try
             Dim request As WebRequest = WebRequest.Create(URL)