What are the disadvantages of deep cloning?

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What are the disadvantages of deep cloning?

Disadvantages of using Serialization to achieve deep cloning –

* Serialization is more expensive than using object.clone().
* Not all objects are serializable.
* Serialization is not simple to implement for deep cloned object..

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