Copy objects of different types

Question

Having a requirement to copy two objects of different types. But these objects are having the same set of elements. One way is to iterate one by one element and copy the elements. But its tedious when class contains large number of elements and also contains Collection elements.

Is there any other better solution is available for this problem ?

You can create or use API that create a dense clone of any object. — Damian Leszczyński - Vash, Aug 28 '14 at 12:16
It depends on whether you need a shallow copy of the `Collection`s or a hard copy. A bit too broad. — Mena, Aug 28 '14 at 12:16
possible duplicate of [How do you make a deep copy of an object in Java?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/64036/how-do-you-make-a-deep-copy-of-an-object-in-java) — Boann, Aug 28 '14 at 12:29

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 28 '14 at 12:26

Deep cloning is independent of the original and making changes in clone should not affect original. Nothing from the original will be affected by the deep clone. Hope this helps.

protected Object clone() throws CloneNotSupportedException {
    Foo cloned = (Foo)super.clone();
    cloned.setSomething((Something)cloned.getSomething().clone());
    return cloned;
}

Copy objects of different types

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