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diff --git a/org.eclipse.riena.core/src/org/eclipse/riena/core/util/CloneHelper.java b/org.eclipse.riena.core/src/org/eclipse/riena/core/util/CloneHelper.java
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-/*******************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 2007 compeople AG and others.
- * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
- * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
- * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
- * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
- *
- * Contributors:
- *    compeople AG - initial API and implementation
- *******************************************************************************/
-package org.eclipse.riena.core.util;
-
-import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
-import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.io.ObjectInputStream;
-import java.io.ObjectOutputStream;
-import java.io.Serializable;
-import java.lang.reflect.Method;
-
-/**
- * This class offers methods for generic clone operations.
- * 
- */
-public final class CloneHelper {
-
-	/**
-	 * Private default constructor.
-	 */
-	private CloneHelper() {
-		super();
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * try to (deep) clone the object passed.
-	 * 
-	 * @param obj
-	 *            the object to clone.
-	 * @return the cloned object.
-	 * @throws CloneNotSupportedException
-	 */
-	public static Object cloneObject(Object obj) throws CloneNotSupportedException {
-		Object clonedObject;
-
-		if (obj instanceof java.lang.String) {
-			clonedObject = obj; // Strings are immutable, so they can be shared.
-		} else if (obj instanceof Serializable) {
-			try { // serialize+deserialize the object to get a deep copy
-				byte[] array = objectToByteArray(obj);
-				clonedObject = byteArrayToObject(array);
-			} catch (Throwable ex) {
-				throw new CloneNotSupportedException();
-			}
-		} else if (obj instanceof Cloneable) {
-			try {
-				Method method = obj.getClass().getMethod("clone", new Class[0]);
-				clonedObject = method.invoke(obj, new Object[0]);
-			} catch (Throwable ex) {
-				throw new CloneNotSupportedException();
-			}
-		} else {
-			throw new CloneNotSupportedException();
-		}
-
-		return clonedObject;
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * convert any serializable object to a byte array.
-	 * 
-	 * @param obj
-	 *            the object reference.
-	 * @return the result byte array.
-	 * @throws IOException
-	 *             thrown in any case of errors.
-	 */
-	private static byte[] objectToByteArray(Object obj) throws IOException {
-		ByteArrayOutputStream bos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
-		ObjectOutputStream oos = new ObjectOutputStream(bos);
-		oos.writeObject(obj);
-		oos.flush();
-		byte[] array = bos.toByteArray();
-		bos.close();
-		return array;
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * convert a byte array which represents a serializable object to the object
-	 * itself.
-	 * 
-	 * @param array
-	 *            the byte array.
-	 * @return the object.
-	 * @throws ClassNotFoundException -
-	 *             Classloader problem.
-	 * @throws IOException -
-	 *             all other problems.
-	 */
-	private static Object byteArrayToObject(byte[] array) throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException {
-		ByteArrayInputStream bais = new ByteArrayInputStream(array);
-		ObjectInputStream ois = new ObjectInputStream(bais);
-		return ois.readObject();
-	}
-}
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