The Kotlin documentation describes cloning only in accessing Java and in enum class. In latter case clone is just throwing an exception.
So, how would I / should I clone arbitrary Kotlin object?
Should I just use clone() as in Java?
Answer
For a data class, you can use the compiler-generated copy() method. Note that it will perform a shallow copy.
To create a copy of a collection, use the toList() or toSet() methods, depending on the collection type you need. These methods always create a new copy of a collection; they also perform a shallow copy.
For other classes, there is no Kotlin-specific cloning solution. You can use .clone() if it suits your requirements, or build a different solution if it doesn't.