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import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
import java.io.ObjectInputStream;
import java.io.ObjectOutputStream;
/**
* Utility for object cloning
*
* @author <a href="mailto:weaver@apache.org">Scott T. Weaver</a>
*/
public class CloneUtil
{
/**
* Provides a deep clone serializing/de-serializng <code>objToClone</code>
*
* @param objToClone The object to be cloned
* @return The cloned object
*/
public static final Object deepClone(Object objToClone)
{
try
{
ByteArrayOutputStream bytearrayoutputstream = new ByteArrayOutputStream(100);
ObjectOutputStream objectoutputstream = new ObjectOutputStream(bytearrayoutputstream);
objectoutputstream.writeObject(objToClone);
byte abyte0[] = bytearrayoutputstream.toByteArray();
objectoutputstream.close();
ByteArrayInputStream bytearrayinputstream = new ByteArrayInputStream(abyte0);
ObjectInputStream objectinputstream = new ObjectInputStream(bytearrayinputstream);
Object clone = objectinputstream.readObject();
objectinputstream.close();
return clone;
}
catch (Exception exception)
{
// nothing
}
return null;
}
}
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