Java Utililty Methods Object Clone

Class<?> c = object.getClass();
try {
    return (E) c.getMethod("clone").invoke(object);
} catch (Exception e) {
return null;

if (a instanceof double[]) {
    return ((double[]) a).clone();
if (a instanceof float[]) {
    return ((float[]) a).clone();
if (a instanceof long[]) {
    return ((long[]) a).clone();
...

if (!(original instanceof Cloneable))
    throw new CloneNotSupportedException();
try {
    return original.getClass().getMethod("clone").invoke(original);
} catch (Exception e) {
    throw new CloneNotSupportedException();

Object rval = null;
if (value instanceof Cloneable) {
    try {
        rval = value.getClass().getMethod("clone").invoke(value);
    } catch (final Exception e) {
        rval = e;
if (rval == null || rval instanceof Exception) {
    if (value == null || value instanceof String || value instanceof Number || value instanceof Boolean) {
        rval = value;
    } else {
        throw new RuntimeException(new CloneNotSupportedException(
                (rval instanceof Exception ? ((Exception) rval).getMessage() : "")));
return rval;

StringBuffer fieldName = new StringBuffer();
toIdentifier(name, fieldName);
String javaFieldName = getFieldName(pos, name, 0);
if (type.startsWith("custom:")) {
    String javaType = type.substring(7);
    return "rec." + javaFieldName + " = ((" + javaType + ")" + javaFieldName + ".clone());";
} else {
    return "rec." + javaFieldName + " = " + javaFieldName;
...

Class<?> arrayType = array.getClass();
if (!arrayType.isArray()) {
    throw new IllegalArgumentException("specified object is not an array");
Class<?> componentType = arrayType.getComponentType();
Object ret;
if (!componentType.isPrimitive()) {
    ret = ((Object[]) array).clone();
...

if (source instanceof float[]) {
    return ((float[]) source).clone();
} else {
    if (source instanceof short[]) {
        return ((short[]) source).clone();
    } else {
        if (source instanceof byte[]) {
            return ((byte[]) source).clone();
...

Class<?> newClazz = null;
try {
    newClazz = Class.forName(clazz.getName());
} catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
    e.printStackTrace();
return newClazz;

if (obj instanceof String) {
    return obj;
} else if (obj instanceof Byte) {
    return (T) new Byte((Byte) obj);
} else if (obj instanceof Short) {
    return (T) new Short((Short) obj);
} else if (obj instanceof Integer) {
    return (T) new Integer((Integer) obj);
...

if (sOriginal == null) {
    return null;
} else {
    return new Short(sOriginal.shortValue());