public class DeepCopyUtils {

    public static <T> List<T> deepCopyList(List<T> src) throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException {

        ByteArrayOutputStream byteOut = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
        ObjectOutputStream out = new ObjectOutputStream(byteOut);
        out.writeObject(src);
        ByteArrayInputStream byteIn = new ByteArrayInputStream(byteOut.toByteArray());
        ObjectInputStream in = new ObjectInputStream(byteIn);
        @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
        List<T> dest = (List<T>) in.readObject();
        return dest;
    }

}