Java method to deep clone any object with Jackson ObjectMapper

CloneObject.java

import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
import java.io.IOException;

public static <T> T getClone(T objectToClone, Class<T> classType){
  T clonedObject = null;
  ObjectMapper objectMapper = new ObjectMapper();
  try {
    clonedObject = objectMapper
        .readValue(objectMapper.writeValueAsString(objectToClone),classType);
  } catch(IOException e) {
    //LOG.error(e.getMessage());
  }
  return clonedObject;
}