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     30 package org.apache.http.client.utils;
     31 
     32 import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
     33 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
     34 
     35 /**
     36  * A collection of utilities to workaround limitations of Java clone framework.
     37  */
     38 public class CloneUtils {
     39 
     40     public static Object clone(final Object obj) throws CloneNotSupportedException {
     41         if (obj == null) {
     42             return null;
     43         }
     44         if (obj instanceof Cloneable) {
     45             Class<?> clazz = obj.getClass ();
     46             Method m;
     47             try {
     48                 m = clazz.getMethod("clone", (Class[]) null);
     49             } catch (NoSuchMethodException ex) {
     50                 throw new NoSuchMethodError(ex.getMessage());
     51             }
     52             try {
     53                 return m.invoke(obj, (Object []) null);
     54             } catch (InvocationTargetException ex) {
     55                 Throwable cause = ex.getCause();
     56                 if (cause instanceof CloneNotSupportedException) {
     57                     throw ((CloneNotSupportedException) cause);
     58                 } else {
     59                     throw new Error("Unexpected exception", cause);
     60                 }
     61             } catch (IllegalAccessException ex) {
     62                 throw new IllegalAccessError(ex.getMessage());
     63             }
     64         } else {
     65             throw new CloneNotSupportedException();
     66         }
     67     }
     68 
     69     /**
     70      * This class should not be instantiated.
     71      */
     72     private CloneUtils() {
     73     }
     74 
     75 }
     76