Object Cloning using Java Reflections

clone-using-reflection-api-java.java

 public Object cloneUsingReflections(Object value) {
        // If Value is null then return
        if (value == null)
            return value;

        // Use reflections to call the clone method on the object
        try {
            if (value instanceof Cloneable) {
                Method cloneMethod;
                cloneMethod = value.getClass().getMethod("clone");
                Object clone = cloneMethod.invoke(value);
                log.debug("Value : {} Clone : {}",value,clone);
                return clone;
            }
        } catch (NoSuchMethodException e) {
            log.debug("Cloning method not found for class : {}" , value.getClass().getName());
        } catch (SecurityException e) {
            log.debug("SecurityException while cloning object of class : {}" , value.getClass().getName());
        } catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
            log.debug("IllegalAccessException while cloning object of class : {}" , value.getClass().getName());
        } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
            log.debug("IllegalArgumentException while cloning object of class : {}" , value.getClass().getName());
        } catch (InvocationTargetException e) {
            log.debug("InvocationTargetException while cloning object of class : {}" , value.getClass().getName());
        }
        return value;
    }