CloneTransformer (Apache Commons Collections 4.2 API)

java.lang.Object
- org.apache.commons.collections4.functors.CloneTransformer<T>

All Implemented Interfaces:

Transformer<T,T>
```
public class CloneTransformer<T>
extends Object
implements Transformer<T,T>
```
Transformer implementation that returns a clone of the input object.
Clone is performed using PrototypeFactory.prototypeFactory(input).create().
WARNING: from v4.1 onwards this class will not be serializable anymore in order to prevent potential remote code execution exploits. Please refer to COLLECTIONS-580 for more details.

Since:

3.0

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type Field Description

static Transformer INSTANCE
Singleton predicate instance

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`static <T> Transformer<T,T>`	`cloneTransformer()`	Factory returning the singleton instance.
`T`	`transform(T input)`	Transforms the input to result by cloning it.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Field Detail
  - INSTANCE
```
public static final Transformer INSTANCE
```
    Singleton predicate instance
- Method Detail
  - cloneTransformer
```
public static <T> Transformer<T,T> cloneTransformer()
```
    Factory returning the singleton instance.
    
    Type Parameters:
    
    T - the type of the objects to be cloned
    
    Returns:
    
    the singleton instance
    
    Since:
    
    3.1
  - transform
```
public T transform(T input)
```
    Transforms the input to result by cloning it.
    
    Specified by:
    
    transform in interface Transformer<T,T>
    
    Parameters:
    
    input - the input object to transform
    
    Returns:
    
    the transformed result