ClassCloner

All Known Implementing Classes:

ClassLoaderClassCloner
```
public interface ClassCloner
```
A cloner for class types. Used (for example) to load an equivalent class from an alternate classloader.

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type Field Description

static ClassCloner IDENTITY
A class cloner which just returns the class it is given.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`java.lang.Class<?>`	`clone(java.lang.Class<?> original)`	Clone the given class.
`java.lang.Class<?>`	`cloneProxy(java.lang.Class<?> proxyClass)`	Clone the given reflection proxy class.

- Field Detail
  - IDENTITY
```
static final ClassCloner IDENTITY
```
    A class cloner which just returns the class it is given. This cloner can be used in cases where an object must be deep-cloned within the same class loader.
- Method Detail
  - clone
```
java.lang.Class<?> clone(java.lang.Class<?> original)
                  throws java.io.IOException,
                         java.lang.ClassNotFoundException
```
    Clone the given class.
    
    Parameters:
    
    original - the class to clone
    
    Returns:
    
    the cloned class
    
    Throws:
    
    java.io.IOException - if cloning fails due to a serialization problem
    
    java.lang.ClassNotFoundException - if cloning fails due to an unavailable class
  - cloneProxy
```
java.lang.Class<?> cloneProxy(java.lang.Class<?> proxyClass)
                       throws java.io.IOException,
                              java.lang.ClassNotFoundException
```
    Clone the given reflection proxy class.
    
    Parameters:
    
    proxyClass - the proxy class to clone
    
    Returns:
    
    the cloned proxy class
    
    Throws:
    
    java.io.IOException - if cloning fails due to a serialization problem
    
    java.lang.ClassNotFoundException - if cloning fails due to an unavailable class