public static Object copy(Object oldObj) { Object obj = null; try { // Write the object out to a byte array ByteArrayOutputStream bos = new ByteArrayOutputStream(); ObjectOutputStream out = new ObjectOutputStream(bos); out.writeObject(oldObj); out.flush(); out.close(); // Retrieve an input stream from the byte array and read // a copy of the object back in. ByteArrayInputStream bis = new ByteArrayInputStream(bos.toByteArray()); ObjectInputStream in = new ObjectInputStream(bis); obj = in.readObject(); } catch (IOException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } catch (ClassNotFoundException cnfe) { cnfe.printStackTrace(); } return obj; }