private void copyReference()

in src/main/java/org/apache/easyant/tasks/SubModule.java [583:624]
35 lines of code
10 McCabe index (conditional complexity)

    private void copyReference(Project subproject, String oldKey, String newKey) {
        Object orig = getProject().getReference(oldKey);
        if (orig == null) {
            log("No object referenced by " + oldKey + ". Can't copy to " + newKey, Project.MSG_WARN);
            return;
        }

        Class<?> c = orig.getClass();
        Object copy = orig;
        Method cloneM;
        try {
            cloneM = c.getMethod("clone", new Class[0]);
            if (cloneM != null) {
                copy = cloneM.invoke(orig, new Object[0]);
                log("Adding clone of reference " + oldKey, Project.MSG_DEBUG);
            }
        } catch (NoSuchMethodException e) {
            // not clonable
        } catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
            // not clonable
        } catch (InvocationTargetException e) {
            // not clonable
        }

        if (copy instanceof ProjectComponent) {
            ((ProjectComponent) copy).setProject(subproject);
        } else {
            try {
                Method setProjectM = c.getMethod("setProject", new Class[]{Project.class});
                if (setProjectM != null) {
                    setProjectM.invoke(copy, subproject);
                }
            } catch (NoSuchMethodException e) {
                // ignore this if the class being referenced does not have
                // a set project method.
            } catch (Exception e2) {
                String msg = "Error setting new project instance for " + "reference with id " + oldKey;
                throw new BuildException(msg, e2, getLocation());
            }
        }
        subproject.addReference(newKey, copy);
    }