Java's "clone()" method generator for Eclipse Galileo

clone, cloneable, eclipse, eclipse-3.5, java

Solution

It's very hard to implement `clone()` right. It is considered not a good practice to do so. Bloch (Effective Java) suggest that using `clone()` should be avoided. Use other means of shallow cloning, like copy-constructors or utilities like commons-beanutils.

Problem

What is the best tool for java's `clone()` method generation in Eclipse Galileo available from repositories? What is the reason, that prevents Eclipse developers from including this tool in standard release?

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