Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /* * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more * contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership. * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0 * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with * the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ import java.util.ArrayList; import java.util.Collection; import java.util.Iterator; public class Main { /** * clone all elements * * @param inputCollection * the collection to get the input from, may not be null * @return all elements (new list) * @throws NullPointerException * if the input collection is null */ public static <E> Collection<E> cloneEx(Collection<E> inputCollection) { final ArrayList<E> outputCollection = new ArrayList<E>(inputCollection.size()); for (Iterator<E> iter = inputCollection.iterator(); iter.hasNext();) { outputCollection.add(iter.next()); } return outputCollection; } }