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

If you can add an annotation to the source file, an annotation processor or code generator like this one can be used.

import net.zerobuilder.BeanBuilder

@BeanBuilder
public class DummyBean { 
  // bean stuff
}

A class DummyBeanBuilders will be generates, which has a static method dummyBeanUpdater to create shallow copies, the same way as you would do it manually.

DummyBean bean = new DummyBean();
// Call some setters ...
// Now make a copy
DummyBean copy = DummyBeanBuilders.dummyBeanUpdater(bean).done();