Java Utililty Methods Object Clone

Class<?> c = object.getClass();
try {
 return (E) c.getMethod("clone").invoke(object);
} catch (Exception e) {
return null;

if (a instanceof double[]) {
 return ((double[]) a).clone();
if (a instanceof float[]) {
 return ((float[]) a).clone();
if (a instanceof long[]) {
 return ((long[]) a).clone();
...

if (!(original instanceof Cloneable))
 throw new CloneNotSupportedException();
try {
 return original.getClass().getMethod("clone").invoke(original);
} catch (Exception e) {
 throw new CloneNotSupportedException();

Object rval = null;
if (value instanceof Cloneable) {
 try {
 rval = value.getClass().getMethod("clone").invoke(value);
 } catch (final Exception e) {
 rval = e;
if (rval == null || rval instanceof Exception) {
 if (value == null || value instanceof String || value instanceof Number || value instanceof Boolean) {
 rval = value;
 } else {
 throw new RuntimeException(new CloneNotSupportedException(
 (rval instanceof Exception ? ((Exception) rval).getMessage() : "")));
return rval;

StringBuffer fieldName = new StringBuffer();
toIdentifier(name, fieldName);
String javaFieldName = getFieldName(pos, name, 0);
if (type.startsWith("custom:")) {
 String javaType = type.substring(7);
 return "rec." + javaFieldName + " = ((" + javaType + ")" + javaFieldName + ".clone());";
} else {
 return "rec." + javaFieldName + " = " + javaFieldName;
...

Class<?> arrayType = array.getClass();
if (!arrayType.isArray()) {
 throw new IllegalArgumentException("specified object is not an array");
Class<?> componentType = arrayType.getComponentType();
Object ret;
if (!componentType.isPrimitive()) {
 ret = ((Object[]) array).clone();
...

if (source instanceof float[]) {
 return ((float[]) source).clone();
} else {
 if (source instanceof short[]) {
 return ((short[]) source).clone();
 } else {
 if (source instanceof byte[]) {
 return ((byte[]) source).clone();
...

Class<?> newClazz = null;
try {
 newClazz = Class.forName(clazz.getName());
} catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
 e.printStackTrace();
return newClazz;

if (obj instanceof String) {
 return obj;
} else if (obj instanceof Byte) {
 return (T) new Byte((Byte) obj);
} else if (obj instanceof Short) {
 return (T) new Short((Short) obj);
} else if (obj instanceof Integer) {
 return (T) new Integer((Integer) obj);
...

if (sOriginal == null) {
 return null;
} else {
 return new Short(sOriginal.shortValue());