protected abstract Shadow CreateInstanceCore()

Protected MustOverride Function CreateInstanceCore As Shadow

protected:
virtual Shadow^ CreateInstanceCore() abstract

abstract CreateInstanceCore : unit -> Shadow 

Return Value

Do not call this method directly (except when calling base in an implementation). This method is called internally by the Clone method whenever a new instance of the Shadow derived class must implement this method. A typical implementation is to simply call the default constructor and return the result.

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