How do I clone a generic List in Java?

Question

I have an ArrayList<String> that I'd like to return a copy of. ArrayList has a clone method which has the following signature:

public Object clone()

After I call this method, how do I cast the returned Object back to ArrayList<String>?

Answer 1

Why would you want to clone? Creating a new list usually makes more sense.

List<String> strs;
...
List<String> newStrs = new ArrayList<>(strs);

Job done.