public GenericObject deepClone() {
final GenericObject retValue = new GenericObject(parent, name);
for (WritableObject obj : allWritable) {
if (obj instanceof GenericObject) {
GenericObject go = ((GenericObject) obj).deepClone();
retValue.addChild(go);
} else if (obj instanceof GenericList) {
GenericList gl = ((GenericList) obj).clone();
retValue.addList(gl);
} else if (obj instanceof ObjectVariable) {
ObjectVariable ov = ((ObjectVariable) obj).clone();
retValue.values.add(ov);
retValue.allWritable.add(ov);
} else if (obj instanceof InlineComment) {
Comment com = ((InlineComment) obj).clone();
retValue.generalComments.add(com);
retValue.allWritable.add(com);
}
}
if (headComment != null) retValue.setHeadComment(headComment.getComment());
if (inlineComment != null) retValue.setInlineComment(inlineComment.getComment());
return retValue;
}
/**
* Creates and returns a shallow copy of this object. Note that children are not cloned, but the
* lists of children are.
*
* @return a shallow copy of this object.
*/
@Override
public GenericObject clone() {
final GenericObject retValue = new GenericObject(parent, name);
retValue.children.addAll(children);
retValue.lists.addAll(lists);
retValue.values.addAll(values);
retValue.generalComments.addAll(generalComments);
retValue.allWritable.addAll(allWritable);
if (headComment != null) retValue.setHeadComment(headComment.getComment());
if (inlineComment != null) retValue.setInlineComment(inlineComment.getComment());
return retValue;
}
/**
* Simple recursive method to find the root node.
*
* @since EUGFile 1.01.03
*/
public GenericObject getRoot() {
return (parent == null ? this : parent.getRoot());
}