How to clone ArrayList and also clone its contents?

Question

How can I clone an ArrayList and also clone its items in Java?

For example I have:

ArrayList dogs = getDogs();
ArrayList

        

Answer 1

for you objects override clone() method

class You_class {

    int a;

    @Override
    public You_class clone() {
        You_class you_class = new You_class();
        you_class.a = this.a;
        return you_class;
    }
}

and call .clone() for Vector obj or ArraiList obj....