The cloning library is a small, open source (Apache
licensed) Java library which deep-clones objects. The
objects do not have to implement the Cloneable
interface. Effectivelly, this library can clone ANY
Java object. It can be used i.e. in cache
implementations, if you don't want the cached object
to be modified or whenever you want to create a deep
copy of an object.
Sample usage:
You can create a single instance of cloner and use it throughout your application. i.e.
Cloner cloner=new Cloner();
...
cloner.deepClone(o);
Please check http://robust-it.co.uk/clone/ for more examples (spring integration, immutable objects etc)