deep copy

static public Object deepCopy(Object oldObj) {
    ObjectOutputStream oos = null;
    ObjectInputStream ois = null;
    try {
        ByteArrayOutputStream bos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
        oos = new ObjectOutputStream(bos);
        // serialize and pass the object
        oos.writeObject(oldObj);
        oos.flush();
        ByteArrayInputStream bin = new ByteArrayInputStream(bos.toByteArray());
        ois = new ObjectInputStream(bin);
        // return the new object
        return ois.readObject();
    } catch (Exception e) {
        System.out.println("Exception in ObjectCloner = " + e);
        return null;
    } finally {
        try {
            oos.close();
            ois.close();
        } catch (Exception e) {
            return null;
        }
    }
}

 

as you see, it's the way of making deep copy, just by streams of input and out, first output and then input and last the product object.

here, one problem, why is the parameter of the first constructor of the inputstream chain the bos but oos?

cuz bos locates in the end part of the outputstream chain, it's the most out part of the decorator, right!?