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+/**
+ *   This file is part of Skript.
+ *
+ *  Skript is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ *  the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ *  (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *  Skript is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ *  GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ *  along with Skript.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ * Copyright Peter Güttinger, SkriptLang team and contributors
+ */
+package ch.njol.skript.effects;
+
+import ch.njol.skript.Skript;
+import ch.njol.skript.classes.Changer.ChangeMode;
+import ch.njol.skript.doc.*;
+import ch.njol.skript.lang.Effect;
+import ch.njol.skript.lang.Expression;
+import ch.njol.skript.lang.SkriptParser.ParseResult;
+import ch.njol.skript.lang.Variable;
+import ch.njol.skript.registrations.Classes;
+import ch.njol.skript.variables.Variables;
+import ch.njol.util.Kleenean;
+import org.bukkit.event.Event;
+import org.eclipse.jdt.annotation.Nullable;
+
+import java.util.Map;
+
+@Name("Copy")
+@Description("Copies objects into a variable. When copying a list over to another list, the source list and its sublists are also copied over.")
+@Examples("")
+@Since("INSERT VERSION")
+@Keywords({"copy", "clone"})
+public class EffCopy extends Effect {
+
+	static {
+		Skript.registerEffect(EffCopy.class, "copy %~objects% [in]to %~objects%");
+	}
+
+	private Expression<?> source;
+	private Variable<?> destination;
+
+	@Override
+	public boolean init(Expression<?>[] exprs, int matchedPattern, Kleenean isDelayed, ParseResult parseResult) {
+		if (!(exprs[1] instanceof Variable)) {
+			Skript.error("You can only copy objects into variables");
+			return false;
+		}
+		source = exprs[0];
+		destination = (Variable<?>) exprs[1];
+		if (!source.isSingle() && destination.isSingle()) {
+			Skript.error("Cannot copy multiple objects into a single variable");
+			return false;
+		}
+		return true;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+	protected void execute(Event event) {
+		if (!(source instanceof Variable) || source.isSingle()) {
+			ChangeMode mode = ChangeMode.SET;
+			Object[] clone = (Object[]) Classes.clone(source.getArray(event));
+			if (clone.length == 0)
+				mode = ChangeMode.DELETE;
+			destination.change(event, clone, mode);
+			return;
+		}
+		destination.change(event, null, ChangeMode.DELETE);
+		Map<String, Object> source = (Map<String, Object>) ((Variable<Object>) this.source).getRaw(event);
+		if (source == null)
+			return;
+		String target = destination.getName().getSingle(event);
+		copy(event, source, target.substring(0, target.length() - 3), destination.isLocal());
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String toString(@Nullable Event event, boolean debug) {
+		return "copy " + source.toString(event, debug) + " into " + destination.toString(event, debug);
+	}
+
+	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+	private static void copy(Event event, Map<String, Object> source, String targetName, boolean local) {
+		for (Map.Entry<String, Object> entry : source.entrySet()) {
+			if (entry.getKey() == null)
+				continue;
+			String node = targetName + Variable.SEPARATOR + entry.getKey();
+			Object value = entry.getValue();
+			if (value instanceof Map) {
+				copy(event, (Map<String, Object>) value, node, local);
+				return;
+			}
+			Variables.setVariable(node, value, event, local);
+		}
+	}
+
+}