Editing Memento pattern (section)

== C# example ==
The memento pattern allows one to capture the internal state of an object without violating encapsulation such that later one can undo/revert the changes if required. Here one can see that the ''memento object'' is actually used to ''revert'' the changes made in the object.
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class Memento
{
    private readonly string savedState;

    private Memento(string stateToSave)
    {
        savedState = stateToSave;
    }

    public class Originator
    {
        private string state;
        // The class could also contain additional data that is not part of the
        // state saved in the memento.

        public void Set(string state)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("Originator: Setting state to " + state);
            this.state = state;
        }

        public Memento SaveToMemento()
        {
            Console.WriteLine("Originator: Saving to Memento.");
            return new Memento(state);
        }

        public void RestoreFromMemento(Memento memento)
        {
            state = memento.savedState;
            Console.WriteLine("Originator: State after restoring from Memento: " + state);
        }
    }
}

class Caretaker
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        var savedStates = new List<Memento>();

        var originator = new Memento.Originator();
        originator.Set("State1");
        originator.Set("State2");
        savedStates.Add(originator.SaveToMemento());
        originator.Set("State3");
        // We can request multiple mementos, and choose which one to roll back to.
        savedStates.Add(originator.SaveToMemento());
        originator.Set("State4");

        originator.RestoreFromMemento(savedStates[1]);
    }
}
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