/**
* Returns the clone of <code>o_</code>. It calls <code>o_.clone()</code>, if possible, and either
* raises an exception or returns null if fails.
*
* @param raiseException_ set to true if one wishes to get exception instead of receiving null
* when this method fails to call <code>o_.clone()</code>.
*/
public static Object clone(Object o_, boolean raiseException_) {
if (o_ == null) return null;
if (o_ instanceof String) return o_;
try {
if (o_ instanceof drcl.ObjectCloneable) return ((drcl.ObjectCloneable) o_).clone();
if (o_.getClass().isArray()) {
int length_ = Array.getLength(o_);
Class componentType_ = o_.getClass().getComponentType();
Object that_ = Array.newInstance(componentType_, length_);
if (componentType_.isPrimitive()) System.arraycopy(o_, 0, that_, 0, length_);
else {
for (int i = 0; i < length_; i++)
Array.set(that_, i, clone(Array.get(o_, i), raiseException_));
}
return that_;
}
Method m_ = o_.getClass().getMethod("clone", null);
return m_.invoke(o_, null);
} catch (Exception e_) {
if (raiseException_) {
Thread t_ = Thread.currentThread();
t_.getThreadGroup().uncaughtException(t_, e_);
}
return null;
}
}