How to clone ArrayList and also clone its contents?

Question

How can I clone an ArrayList and also clone its items in Java?

For example I have:

ArrayList dogs = getDogs();
ArrayList

        

Answer 1

The package import org.apache.commons.lang.SerializationUtils;

There is a method SerializationUtils.clone(Object);

Example

this.myObjectCloned = SerializationUtils.clone(this.object);