Deep copy duplicate() of Java's ByteBuffer

Question

java.nio.ByteBuffer#duplicate() returns a new byte buffer that shares the old buffer's content. Changes to the old buffer's content will be visible in the new buffer, and vice versa. What if I want a deep copy of the byte buffer?

Answer 1

I think the deep copy need not involve byte[]. Try the following:

public static ByteBuffer clone(ByteBuffer original) {
       ByteBuffer clone = ByteBuffer.allocate(original.capacity());
       original.rewind();//copy from the beginning
       clone.put(original);
       original.rewind();
       clone.flip();
       return clone;
}