Utility for object cloning

   
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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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