Java deep copy library

Question

Is there library that can make deep copy?

ex) normal object, array, list, inputstream etc.

Answer 1

Look for serialization. Java supports it out of the box, but you can also try Hessian, Kryo...

Here's an introduction to Java serialization: http://java.sun.com/developer/technicalArticles/Programming/serialization/

And here's a benchmark done by the Kryo folks: http://code.google.com/p/thrift-protobuf-compare/wiki/Benchmarking (list of 20 serialization libs)