001/*
002 * (C) Copyright 2007 Nuxeo SA (http://nuxeo.com/) and others.
003 *
004 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
005 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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009 *
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015 *
016 * Contributors:
017 *     Nuxeo - initial API and implementation
018 *
019 * $Id: DeepCopy.java 19474 2007-05-27 10:18:21Z sfermigier $
020 */
021
022package org.nuxeo.ecm.platform.ui.web.util;
023
024import java.io.Serializable;
025
026import org.apache.commons.lang3.SerializationUtils;
027
028/**
029 * Deep copy utils.
030 * <p>
031 * Most classes implementing the {@link Cloneable} interface only perform a shallow copy of an object. This class
032 * performs deep cloning serializing and deserializing an object. Therefore only serializable objects can be copied
033 * using this util.
034 *
035 * @author <a href="mailto:[email protected]">Anahide Tchertchian</a>
036 */
037// XXX AT: needs optimizing, see
038// http://javatechniques.com/blog/faster-deep-copies-of-java-objects/
039public final class DeepCopy {
040
041    // Utility class.
042    private DeepCopy() {
043    }
044
045    public static Object deepCopy(Object object) {
046        return SerializationUtils.clone((Serializable) object);
047    }
048
049}