de.alpharogroup.clone.object

Class CloneObjectExtensions

java.lang.Object

de.alpharogroup.clone.object.CloneObjectExtensions

public final class CloneObjectExtensions
extends java.lang.Object

The class CloneObjectExtensions provide methods for clone an object.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static <T> T	clone(T object) Try to clone the given generic object.
static java.lang.Object	cloneCloneable(java.lang.Object object) Try to clone the given object that implements Cloneable.
static java.lang.Object	cloneObject(java.lang.Object object) Try to clone the given object.
static <T> T	withCloner(T object) Try to clone the given object with the external cloner

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

clone

public static <T> T clone(T object)
                   throws java.lang.NoSuchMethodException,
                          java.lang.IllegalAccessException,
                          java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException,
                          java.lang.ClassNotFoundException,
                          java.lang.InstantiationException,
                          java.io.IOException

Try to clone the given generic object.

Type Parameters:

T - the generic type

Parameters:

object - the object to clone

Returns:

The cloned object or null if the clone process failed.

Throws:

java.lang.NoSuchMethodException - Thrown if a matching method is not found or if the name is "<init>"or "<clinit>".

java.lang.SecurityException - Thrown if the security manager indicates a security violation.

java.lang.IllegalAccessException - Thrown if this Method object is enforcing Java language access control and the underlying method is inaccessible.

java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException - Thrown if the property accessor method throws an exception

java.lang.ClassNotFoundException - occurs if a given class cannot be located by the specified class loader

java.lang.InstantiationException - Thrown if one of the following reasons: the class object

• represents an abstract class
• represents an interface
• represents an array class
• represents a primitive type
• represents void
• has no nullary constructor

java.io.IOException - Signals that an I/O exception has occurred.

cloneCloneable

public static java.lang.Object cloneCloneable(java.lang.Object object)
                                       throws java.lang.NoSuchMethodException,
                                              java.lang.IllegalAccessException,
                                              java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException

Try to clone the given object that implements Cloneable.

Parameters:

object - The object to clone.

Returns:

The cloned object or null if the clone process failed.

Throws:

java.lang.NoSuchMethodException - Thrown if a matching method is not found or if the name is "<init>"or "<clinit>".

java.lang.IllegalAccessException - Thrown if this Method object is enforcing Java language access control and the underlying method is inaccessible.

java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException - Thrown if the property accessor method throws an exception

cloneObject

public static java.lang.Object cloneObject(java.lang.Object object)
                                    throws java.lang.NoSuchMethodException,
                                           java.lang.IllegalAccessException,
                                           java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException,
                                           java.lang.ClassNotFoundException,
                                           java.lang.InstantiationException,
                                           java.io.IOException

Try to clone the given object.

Parameters:

object - The object to clone.

Returns:

The cloned object or null if the clone process failed.

Throws:

java.lang.NoSuchMethodException - Thrown if a matching method is not found or if the name is "<init>"or "<clinit>".

java.lang.SecurityException - Thrown if the security manager indicates a security violation.

java.lang.IllegalAccessException - Thrown if this Method object is enforcing Java language access control and the underlying method is inaccessible.

java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException - Thrown if the property accessor method throws an exception

java.lang.ClassNotFoundException - occurs if a given class cannot be located by the specified class loader

java.lang.InstantiationException - Thrown if one of the following reasons: the class object

• represents an abstract class
• represents an interface
• represents an array class
• represents a primitive type
• represents void
• has no nullary constructor

java.io.IOException - Signals that an I/O exception has occurred.

withCloner

public static <T> T withCloner(T object)

Try to clone the given object with the external cloner

Type Parameters:

T - the generic type

Parameters:

object - the object

Returns:

the t