ObjectUtils

java.lang.Object

rife.tools.ObjectUtils

public final class ObjectUtils extends Object

General purpose class containing common Object manipulation methods.

Since:: 1.0

Method Summary

Modifier and Type

Method

Description

static <T> T

deepClone(T object)

Try to create a deep clone of the provides object.

static <T> T

genericClone(T object)

Clone an Object if possible.

static Class

getBaseClass(Object object)

This routine returns the base class of an object.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Details
- genericClone
  
  public static <T> T genericClone(T object)
  
  Clone an Object if possible.
  This method returns an Object which is a clone of the input object. It checks if the method implements the Cloneable interface and then uses reflection to invoke the clone method.
  
  Parameters:
  
  object - The object to be cloned.
  
  Returns:
  
  null if the cloning failed; or
  the cloned Object instance.
- deepClone
  
  public static <T> T deepClone(T object) throws CloneNotSupportedException
  
  Try to create a deep clone of the provides object. This handles arrays, collections and maps. If the class in not a supported standard JDK collection type the genericClone will be used instead.
  
  Parameters:
  
  object - The object to be copied.
  
  Throws:
  
  CloneNotSupportedException
- getBaseClass
  
  public static Class getBaseClass(Object object)
  
  This routine returns the base class of an object. This is just the class of the object for non-arrays.
  
  Parameters:
  
  object - The object whose base class you want to retrieve.