How do I copy an object in Java?

Question

Consider the code below:

DummyBean dum = new DummyBean();
dum.setDummy(\"foo\");
System.out.println(dum.getDummy()); // prints \'foo\'

DummyBean dumtwo = du         


        

Answer 1

You can deep copy automatically with XStream, from http://x-stream.github.io/:

XStream is a simple library to serialize objects to XML and back again.

Add it to your project (if using maven)

    com.thoughtworks.xstream
    xstream
    1.3.1                

Then

DummyBean dum = new DummyBean();
dum.setDummy("foo");
DummyBean dumCopy = (DummyBean) XSTREAM.fromXML(XSTREAM.toXML(dum));

With this you have a copy without the need to implement any cloning interface.