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/**
 * @author Stephen Colebourne
 * @author Moritz Petersen
 * @author <a href="mailto:fredrik@westermarck.com">Fredrik Westermarck</a>
 * @author Nikolay Metchev
 * @author Matthew Hawthorne
 * @author Tim O'Brien
 * @author Pete Gieser
 * @author Gary Gregory
 * @author <a href="mailto:equinus100@hotmail.com">Ashwin S</a>
 * @author Maarten Coene
 * @since 2.0
 * @version $Id: ArrayUtils.java 632503 2008-03-01 00:21:52Z ggregory $
 */
public class Main {

  // Clone
  //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
  /**
   * Shallow clones an array returning a typecast result and handling
   * <code>null</code>.
   *
   * The objects in the array are not cloned, thus there is no special
   * handling for multi-dimensional arrays.
   * 
   * This method returns <code>null</code> for a <code>null</code> input array.
   * 
   * @param array  the array to shallow clone, may be <code>null</code>
   * @return the cloned array, <code>null</code> if <code>null</code> input
   */
  public static Object[] clone(Object[] array) {
      if (array == null) {
          return null;
      }
      return (Object[]) array.clone();
  }

  /**
   * Clones an array returning a typecast result and handling
   * <code>null</code>.
   *
   * This method returns <code>null</code> for a <code>null</code> input array.
   * 
   * @param array  the array to clone, may be <code>null</code>
   * @return the cloned array, <code>null</code> if <code>null</code> input
   */
  public static long[] clone(long[] array) {
      if (array == null) {
          return null;
      }
      return (long[]) array.clone();
  }

  /**
   * Clones an array returning a typecast result and handling
   * <code>null</code>.
   *
   * This method returns <code>null</code> for a <code>null</code> input array.
   * 
   * @param array  the array to clone, may be <code>null</code>
   * @return the cloned array, <code>null</code> if <code>null</code> input
   */
  public static int[] clone(int[] array) {
      if (array == null) {
          return null;
      }
      return (int[]) array.clone();
  }

  /**
   * Clones an array returning a typecast result and handling
   * <code>null</code>.
   *
   * This method returns <code>null</code> for a <code>null</code> input array.
   * 
   * @param array  the array to clone, may be <code>null</code>
   * @return the cloned array, <code>null</code> if <code>null</code> input
   */
  public static short[] clone(short[] array) {
      if (array == null) {
          return null;
      }
      return (short[]) array.clone();
  }

  /**
   * Clones an array returning a typecast result and handling
   * <code>null</code>.
   *
   * This method returns <code>null</code> for a <code>null</code> input array.
   * 
   * @param array  the array to clone, may be <code>null</code>
   * @return the cloned array, <code>null</code> if <code>null</code> input
   */
  public static char[] clone(char[] array) {
      if (array == null) {
          return null;
      }
      return (char[]) array.clone();
  }

  /**
   * Clones an array returning a typecast result and handling
   * <code>null</code>.
   *
   * This method returns <code>null</code> for a <code>null</code> input array.
   * 
   * @param array  the array to clone, may be <code>null</code>
   * @return the cloned array, <code>null</code> if <code>null</code> input
   */
  public static byte[] clone(byte[] array) {
      if (array == null) {
          return null;
      }
      return (byte[]) array.clone();
  }

  /**
   * Clones an array returning a typecast result and handling
   * <code>null</code>.
   *
   * This method returns <code>null</code> for a <code>null</code> input array.
   * 
   * @param array  the array to clone, may be <code>null</code>
   * @return the cloned array, <code>null</code> if <code>null</code> input
   */
  public static double[] clone(double[] array) {
      if (array == null) {
          return null;
      }
      return (double[]) array.clone();
  }

  /**
   * Clones an array returning a typecast result and handling
   * <code>null</code>.
   *
   * This method returns <code>null</code> for a <code>null</code> input array.
   * 
   * @param array  the array to clone, may be <code>null</code>
   * @return the cloned array, <code>null</code> if <code>null</code> input
   */
  public static float[] clone(float[] array) {
      if (array == null) {
          return null;
      }
      return (float[]) array.clone();
  }

  /**
   * Clones an array returning a typecast result and handling
   * <code>null</code>.
   *
   * This method returns <code>null</code> for a <code>null</code> input array.
   * 
   * @param array  the array to clone, may be <code>null</code>
   * @return the cloned array, <code>null</code> if <code>null</code> input
   */
  public static boolean[] clone(boolean[] array) {
      if (array == null) {
          return null;
      }
      return (boolean[]) array.clone();
  }

}








5.18.Clone
5.18.1.Demonstrate the clone() method.
5.18.2.Override the clone() method.
5.18.3.Copying Objects implements Cloneable
5.18.4.Construct clone of an object
5.18.5.construct clone of an object and call constructor in the super class
5.18.6.public Object clone() throws CloneNotSupportedException
5.18.7.Cast after cloning
5.18.8.Shallow copy then deep copy
5.18.9.Uses serialization to perform deep copy cloning.
5.18.10.Deep clone Object
5.18.11.Deep clone serializing/de-serializng Clone
5.18.12.Serializable Clone
5.18.13.Manipulate properties after clone operation
5.18.14.Clone an object with clone method from parent
5.18.15.Arrays are automatically cloneable
5.18.16.A collection of utilities to workaround limitations of Java clone framework
5.18.17.Copy an serializable object deeply
5.18.18.Clone an array