Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream; import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream; import java.io.IOException; import java.io.ObjectInputStream; import java.io.ObjectOutputStream; import java.util.List; public class Main { public static List copyBySerialize(List 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); List dest = (List) in.readObject(); return dest; } }