Serializable Clone : Clone « Class Definition « Java Tutorial

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import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
import java.io.ObjectInputStream;
import java.io.ObjectOutputStream;

public abstract class SerializableClone {
  public static Object clone(final Object obj) throws Exception {
    ByteArrayOutputStream out = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
    ObjectOutputStream oout = new ObjectOutputStream(out);
    oout.writeObject(obj);
    ObjectInputStream in = new ObjectInputStream(new ByteArrayInputStream(out.toByteArray()));
    return in.readObject();
  }
}