.NET Generic method to clone objects of serializable types

This provides a sample to illustrate a generic method to copy/clone objects of serializable types.

Often we need to create copy of objects. This sample method can work for all types so long as they are serializable.

public static T Clone<T>(T source)
{
T dest = default(T);

using (var ms = new MemoryStream())
{
var formatter = new BinaryFormatter();
formatter.Serialize(ms, source);
ms.Position = 0;
dest = (T)formatter.Deserialize(ms);
}

return dest;
}