de.alpharogroup.lang.object

Class CloneObjectExtensions

java.lang.Object

de.alpharogroup.lang.object.CloneObjectExtensions

public final class CloneObjectExtensions
extends Object

The class CloneObjectExtensions provide methods for clone an object.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
CloneObjectExtensions()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static <T> T	clone(T object) Try to clone the given generic object.
static Object	cloneObject(Object object) Try to clone the given object.
static Object	cloneObjectQuietly(Object object) Try to clone the given object quietly.
static <T> T	cloneQuietly(T object) Try to clone the given generic object.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

CloneObjectExtensions

public CloneObjectExtensions()

Method Detail

clone

public static <T> T clone(T object)
                   throws NoSuchMethodException,
                          IllegalAccessException,
                          IllegalArgumentException,
                          InvocationTargetException,
                          ClassNotFoundException,
                          InstantiationException,
                          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:

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

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

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

IllegalArgumentException - Thrown if an illegal argument is given

InvocationTargetException - Thrown if the property accessor method throws an exception

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

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

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

cloneQuietly

public static <T> T cloneQuietly(T object)

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.

cloneObject

public static Object cloneObject(Object object)
                          throws NoSuchMethodException,
                                 IllegalAccessException,
                                 IllegalArgumentException,
                                 InvocationTargetException,
                                 ClassNotFoundException,
                                 InstantiationException,
                                 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:

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

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

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

IllegalArgumentException - Thrown if an illegal argument is given

InvocationTargetException - Thrown if the property accessor method throws an exception

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

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

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

cloneObjectQuietly

public static Object cloneObjectQuietly(Object object)

Try to clone the given object quietly.

Parameters:

object - The object to clone.

Returns:

The cloned object or null if the clone process failed.