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package net.sf.jasperreports.engine.util;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.List;
import net.sf.jasperreports.engine.JRCloneable;
/**
* Cloning related utility methods.
*
* @author Lucian Chirita (lucianc@users.sourceforge.net)
* @version $Id: JRCloneUtils.java 3712 2010-04-08 09:53:09Z teodord $
*/
public final class JRCloneUtils
{
/**
* Clones an object after checking whether the argument is null.
*
* @param original the object to be cloned
* @return a clone of the argument, or <code>null</code> if the argument was
* <code>null</code>
*/
public static Object nullSafeClone(JRCloneable original)
{
return original == null ? null : original.clone();
}
/**
* Clones a list of objects.
*
* The list elements are assumed to implement {@link JRCloneable}.
*
* @param items the list to clone
* @return a new list which contains clones of the elements in the original list
*/
public static List cloneList(List items)
{
List clone;
if (items == null)
{
clone = null;
}
else
{
clone = new ArrayList(items.size());
for (Iterator it = items.iterator(); it.hasNext();)
{
JRCloneable item = (JRCloneable) it.next();
clone.add(item.clone());
}
}
return clone;
}
private JRCloneUtils()
{
}
}