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1. How do I clone a generic List in Java?    stackoverflow.com

I have an ArrayList<String> that I'd like to return a copy of. ArrayList has a clone method has the following signature:

public Object clone()

2. How to create a new list of same type as old list in Java?    stackoverflow.com

I'm trying to write a method that takes in a List and create a new List of the same type based on it. That is, if the input list is an ...