java - How to duplicate/make a copy of a JfreeChart? -

i need make copy of existing jfreechart , associate several times mouse click here trying:

public void chartmouseclicked(chartmouseevent event)  {      jfreechart tempchart = existingchart;     chartpanel panel = new chartpanel(tempchart);     //view frame } 

the same variable used several times. problem encounter is, previous chart gets replaced when make second mouse click.

is there way create fresh copy somehow ?

as discussed in comments, use standard object function clone() copy objects in majority of circumstances.

for record, did jfreechart javadoc check. documentation friend.