Copy.java

// Copyright 2013 Thomas Müller
// This file is part of MarMoT, which is licensed under GPLv3.

package marmot.util;

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


public class Copy {

	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
	public static <T extends Serializable> T clone(T object) {
		ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
		ObjectOutputStream oos = null;
		try {
			oos = new ObjectOutputStream(baos);
			oos.writeObject(object);
			oos.close();
		} catch (IOException e) {
			throw new RuntimeException(e);
		}
		ByteArrayInputStream bais = new ByteArrayInputStream(baos.toByteArray());
		try {
			ObjectInputStream ois = new ObjectInputStream(bais);
			return (T) ois.readObject();
		} catch (IOException e) {
			throw new RuntimeException(e);
		} catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
			throw new RuntimeException(e);
		}
	}

}