CloneMagic.java

package org.opendedup.util;

import java.lang.reflect.Field;

public class CloneMagic {
	public static Object clone(Object o) {
		Object clone = null;

		try {
			clone = o.getClass().newInstance();
		} catch (InstantiationException e) {
			e.printStackTrace();
		} catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
			e.printStackTrace();
		}

		// Walk up the superclass hierarchy
		for (Class<?> obj = o.getClass(); !obj.equals(Object.class); obj = obj
				.getSuperclass()) {
			Field[] fields = obj.getDeclaredFields();
			for (int i = 0; i < fields.length; i++) {
				fields[i].setAccessible(true);
				try {
					// for each class/suerclass, copy all fields
					// from this object to the clone
					fields[i].set(clone, fields[i].get(o));
				} catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
				} catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
				}
			}
		}
		return clone;
	}

}