Here you can find the source of copy(final Collection
private static List<String> copy(final Collection<String> in)
//package com.java2s; /*//from ww w . j ava 2 s.c om Copyright 2012 Mikael Gueck Licensed 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 static java.util.Collections.*; import java.util.*; public class Main { private static List<String> copy(final Collection<String> in) { return unmodifiableList(new ArrayList<String>(in)); } /** Deep copy, with immutable values. */ static Map<String, List<String>> copy(final Map<String, List<String>> in) { final Map<String, List<String>> ret = newMap(); for (final Map.Entry<String, List<String>> e : in.entrySet()) { ret.put(e.getKey(), unmodifiableList(new ArrayList<String>(e.getValue()))); } return unmodifiableMap(ret); } private static Map<String, List<String>> newMap() { return new HashMap<String, List<String>>(); } }