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package com.vaadin.sass.util;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.ObjectInputStream;
import java.io.ObjectOutputStream;

/**
 * Utility for making deep copies (vs. clone()'s shallow copies) of objects.
 * Objects are first serialized and then deserialized. Error checking is fairly
 * minimal in this implementation. If an object is encountered that cannot be
 * serialized (or that references an object that cannot be serialized) an error
 * is printed to System.err and null is returned. Depending on your specific
 * application, it might make more sense to have copy(...) re-throw the
 * exception.
 */
public class DeepCopy {

    /**
     * Returns a copy of the object, or null if the object cannot be serialized.
     */
    public static Object copy(Object orig) {

        Object obj = null;
        if (!(orig instanceof Clonable)) {
            try {
                // Write the object out to a byte array
                FastByteArrayOutputStream fbos = new FastByteArrayOutputStream();
                ObjectOutputStream out = new ObjectOutputStream(fbos);
                out.writeObject(orig);
                out.flush();
                out.close();

                // Retrieve an input stream from the byte array and read
                // a copy of the object back in.
                ObjectInputStream in = new ObjectInputStream(
                        fbos.getInputStream());
                obj = in.readObject();
                in.close();
            } catch (IOException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            } catch (ClassNotFoundException cnfe) {
                cnfe.printStackTrace();
            }
            return obj;
        } else {
            try {
                obj = ((Clonable) orig).clone();
            } catch (ClassCastException e2) {
                // Can't clone, return obj as null
            } catch (CloneNotSupportedException e2) {
                // Can't clone, return obj as null
            }
            return obj;
        }
    }

}