BeanUtils.cloneBean() deep copy

Question

If all the objects within the bean implement Serializable interface, will BeanUtils.cloneBean() do a deep copy?

Answer 1

No, cloneBean() does shallow copy only. If you want deep copy. You may refer this link which has technique to do deep copy.

Answer 2

Use SerializationUtils.clone method from the Apache Commons Lang for the deep copy. It copies the entire class hierarchy.

SerializationUtils.clone(object);

Answer 3

There is also another java library which supports both shallow cloning and deep cloning. It offers deep cloning without the need to implement Serializable.

Here