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+/*
+ * $HeadURL:$
+ * $Revision:$
+ * $Date:$
+ *
+ * ====================================================================
+ *
+ *  Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ *  contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ *  this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ *  The ASF licenses this file to You 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.
+ * ====================================================================
+ *
+ * This software consists of voluntary contributions made by many
+ * individuals on behalf of the Apache Software Foundation.  For more
+ * information on the Apache Software Foundation, please see
+ * <http://www.apache.org/>.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.http.client.utils;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
+import java.lang.reflect.Method;
+
+/**
+ * A collection of utilities to workaround limitations of Java clone framework.
+ */
+public class CloneUtils {
+
+    public static Object clone(final Object obj) throws CloneNotSupportedException {
+        if (obj == null) {
+            return null;
+        }
+        if (obj instanceof Cloneable) {
+            Class<?> clazz = obj.getClass ();
+            Method m;
+            try {
+                m = clazz.getMethod("clone", (Class[]) null);
+            } catch (NoSuchMethodException ex) {
+                throw new NoSuchMethodError(ex.getMessage());
+            }
+            try {
+                return m.invoke(obj, (Object []) null);
+            } catch (InvocationTargetException ex) {
+                Throwable cause = ex.getCause();
+                if (cause instanceof CloneNotSupportedException) {
+                    throw ((CloneNotSupportedException) cause); 
+                } else {
+                    throw new Error("Unexpected exception", cause);
+                }
+            } catch (IllegalAccessException ex) {
+                throw new IllegalAccessError(ex.getMessage());
+            }
+        } else {
+            throw new CloneNotSupportedException();
+        }
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     * This class should not be instantiated.
+     */
+    private CloneUtils() {
+    }
+
+}