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package org.gitools.utils;
import javax.xml.bind.JAXBContext;
import javax.xml.bind.JAXBException;
import javax.xml.bind.Marshaller;
import javax.xml.bind.Unmarshaller;
import java.io.StringReader;
import java.io.StringWriter;
public class CloneUtils {
public static <T> T clone(T x) {
if (x == null) {
return null;
}
JAXBContext context;
try {
context = JAXBContext.newInstance(x.getClass());
Marshaller marshaller = context.createMarshaller();
StringWriter xml = new StringWriter();
marshaller.marshal(x, xml);
Unmarshaller unmarshaller = context.createUnmarshaller();
StringReader reader = new StringReader(xml.toString());
return (T) unmarshaller.unmarshal(reader);
} catch (JAXBException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
return null;
}
}