List<String> listA = new ArrayList<String>;
listA.add("a");
listA.add("b");
List<String> listB = deepCopy(listA);
public static <T> List<T> deepCopy(List<T> src) throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException {
ByteArrayOutputStream byteOut = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
ObjectOutputStream out = new ObjectOutputStream(byteOut);
out.writeObject(src);
ByteArrayInputStream byteIn = new ByteArrayInputStream(byteOut.toByteArray());
ObjectInputStream in = new ObjectInputStream(byteIn);
@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
List<T> dest = (List<T>) in.readObject();
return dest;
}