Here you can find the source of copy(List master)
public static List copy(List master)
//package com.java2s; /*/*from www .j ava 2s.c o m*/ * Copyright (C) 2012 Krawler Information Systems Pvt Ltd * All rights reserved. * * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 * of the License, or (at your option) any later version. * * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the * GNU General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA. */ import java.util.ArrayList; import java.util.Iterator; import java.util.List; public class Main { public static List copy(List master) { if (master == null) { return null; } return new ArrayList(master); } public static void copy(List master, List copy) { if ((master == null) || (copy == null)) { return; } copy.clear(); Iterator itr = master.iterator(); while (itr.hasNext()) { Object obj = itr.next(); copy.add(obj); } } }