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package net.sf.jasperreports.engine.util;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

import net.sf.jasperreports.engine.JRCloneable;

/**
 * Cloning related utility methods.
 * 
 * @author Lucian Chirita ([email protected])
 */
public final class JRCloneUtils
{

	/**
	 * Clones an object after checking whether the argument is null.
	 * 
	 * @param original the object to be cloned
	 * @return a clone of the argument, or null if the argument was
	 * null
	 */
	public static  T nullSafeClone(T original)
	{
		return original == null ? null : (T)original.clone();
	}
	
	/**
	 * Clones a list of objects.
	 * 
	 * The list elements are assumed to implement {@link JRCloneable}.
	 * 
	 * @param items the list to clone
	 * @return a new list which contains clones of the elements in the original list
	 */
	public static  List cloneList(List items)
	{
		List clone;
		if (items == null)
		{
			clone = null;
		}
		else
		{
			clone = new ArrayList<>(items.size());
			for (T item : items)
			{
				clone.add(JRCloneUtils.nullSafeClone(item));
			}
		}
		return clone;
	}
	

	/**
	 * Clones a list of objects.
	 * 
	 * The list elements are assumed to implement {@link JRCloneable}.
	 * 
	 * @param items the list to clone
	 * @return a new list which contains clones of the elements in the original list
	 */
	public static  T[] cloneArray(T[] items)
	{
		T[] clone;
		if (items == null)
		{
			clone = null;
		} 
		else
		{
			clone = items.clone();
			List list = new ArrayList<>(items.length);
			for (T item : items)
			{
				list.add(JRCloneUtils.nullSafeClone(item));
			}
			clone = list.toArray(clone);
		}
		return clone;
	}
	

	private JRCloneUtils()
	{
	}
}