SerializationUtils clone method fails to perform some deep cloning
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Key: LANG-789
URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LANG-789
Project: Commons Lang
Issue Type: Bug
Components: lang.*
Affects Versions: 3.1
Environment: Windows 7, Java 7 (1.7.0_03), Apache Commons Lang 3.1,
NetBeans 7.1
Reporter: Harry Levinson
SerializationUtils clone method fails to perform some deep cloning of at least
some objects containing Externalizable subobjects.
Here is the @version text from the SerializationUtils.java source file:
SerializationUtils.java 1199718 2011-11-09 12:43:20Z sebb $
To reproduce possible bug:
1. Create two classes (let's call them Parent and Child) and mark both as
"implements Externalizable".
2. Write required Externalizable methods readExternal and writeExternal
3. Make Child a private member/field of Parent
4. Write code to override toString if necessary for Parent and Child
5. Create a separate Java class to test creation and cloning of Parent and
Child
6. In the test class write to code to do this:
a. Create a Parent object
b. Create a Child object
c. Attach Child to Parent via setter
d. Print out Parent object
e. Use SerializationUtils.clone() to clone Parent (call it ParentClone)
f. Print ParentClone
7. Compare print output of Parent and ParentClone, observe that ParentClone
does not contain Child object
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