edu.northwestern.at.utils

Class Cloner

java.lang.Object

edu.northwestern.at.utils.Cloner

public class Cloner
extends java.lang.Object

Cloner -- Clones an object using serialization/deserialization.

Usage:

T clonedObject = (T)Cloner.deepClone( sourceObject );

"sourceObject" must implement serializable or externalizable.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor and Description
protected	Cloner() Allow overrides but not instantiation.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static java.lang.Object	deepClone(java.lang.Object sourceObject) Deep clones an object using serialization/deserialization.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Cloner

protected Cloner()

Allow overrides but not instantiation.

Method Detail

deepClone

public static java.lang.Object deepClone(java.lang.Object sourceObject)
                                  throws java.lang.Exception

Deep clones an object using serialization/deserialization.

Parameters:

sourceObject - The object to be cloned. Must implement serializable or externalizable.

Returns:

Clone of the source object.

Throws:

java.lang.Exception - if the clone process fails.