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If you too asked yourself “how can I clone an object in AS?” - fortunately it is as simple as in other programming languages. Again, the challenge is to find the right utility class for it.

Just use ObjectUtil.copy:

var clone:Object = ObjectUtil.copy(originalObject) as Object;

Thats about it.

But remember Adobes documentation about this function: “This method is designed for copying data objects, such as elements of a collection. It is not intended for copying a UIComponent object, such as a TextInput control. If you want to create copies of specific UIComponent objects, you can create a subclass of the component and implement a clone() method, or other method to perform the copy.”