How to use the ganga.GangaCore.GPIDev.Base.Objects.Descriptor.cloneObject function in ganga

def cloneListOrObject(v, extra_args):
        """
        This clones the value v by determining if the value of v is a list or not.
        If v is a list then a new list is returned with elements copied via cloneObject
        if v is not a list then a new instance of the list is copied via cloneObject
        Args:
            v (unknown): Object we want a new copy of
            extra_args (tuple): Contains the name of the attribute being copied and the object which owns the object being copied
        """

        name=extra_args[0]
        obj=extra_args[1]
        if isinstance(v, (list, tuple, GangaList)):
            new_v = GangaList()
            for elem in v:
                new_v.append(Descriptor.cloneObject(elem, obj, name))
            return new_v
        else:
            return Descriptor.cloneObject(v, obj, name)

This clones the value v by determining if the value of v is a list or not.
        If v is a list then a new list is returned with elements copied via cloneObject
        if v is not a list then a new instance of the list is copied via cloneObject
        Args:
            v (unknown): Object we want a new copy of
            extra_args (tuple): Contains the name of the attribute being copied and the object which owns the object being copied
        """
        name=extra_args[0]
        obj=extra_args[1]
        if isinstance(v, (list, tuple, GangaList)):
            new_v = GangaList()
            for elem in v:
                new_v.append(Descriptor.cloneObject(elem, obj, name))
            return new_v
        else:
            return Descriptor.cloneObject(v, obj, name)

return int(v)
        elif isinstance(v, dict):
            new_dict = {}
            for key, item in v.iteritems():
                new_dict[key] = Descriptor.cloneObject(item, obj, name)
            return new_dict
        else:
            if not isinstance(v, Node) and isinstance(v, (list, tuple)):
                try:
                    # must import here as will fail at the top
                    from GangaCore.GPIDev.Lib.GangaList.GangaList import GangaList
                    new_v = GangaList()
                except ImportError:
                    new_v = []
                for elem in v:
                    new_v.append(Descriptor.cloneObject(elem, obj, name))
                #return new_v
            elif not isinstance(v, Node):
                if isclass(v):
                    new_v = v()
                else:
                    new_v = v
                if not isinstance(new_v, Node):
                    logger.error("v: %s" % v)
                    raise GangaException("Error: found Object: %s of type: %s expected an object inheriting from Node!" % (v, type(v)))
                else:
                    new_v = Descriptor.cloneNodeObject(new_v, obj, name)
            else:
                new_v = Descriptor.cloneNodeObject(v, obj, name)

            return new_v

If v is a list then a new list is returned with elements copied via cloneObject
        if v is not a list then a new instance of the list is copied via cloneObject
        Args:
            v (unknown): Object we want a new copy of
            extra_args (tuple): Contains the name of the attribute being copied and the object which owns the object being copied
        """

        name=extra_args[0]
        obj=extra_args[1]
        if isinstance(v, (list, tuple, GangaList)):
            new_v = GangaList()
            for elem in v:
                new_v.append(Descriptor.cloneObject(elem, obj, name))
            return new_v
        else:
            return Descriptor.cloneObject(v, obj, name)

assertion = item['optional'] and (item['category'] != 'internal')
            else:
                assertion = item['optional']
            #assert(assertion)
            if assertion is False:
                logger.warning("Item: '%s'. of class type: '%s'. Has a Default value of 'None' but is NOT optional!!!" % (name, type(obj)))
                logger.warning("Please contact the developers and make sure this is updated!")
            return None
        elif isinstance(v, str):
            return str(v)
        elif isinstance(v, int):
            return int(v)
        elif isinstance(v, dict):
            new_dict = {}
            for key, item in v.items():
                new_dict[key] = Descriptor.cloneObject(item, obj, name)
            return new_dict
        else:
            if not isinstance(v, Node) and isinstance(v, (list, tuple)):
                try:
                    # must import here as will fail at the top
                    from GangaCore.GPIDev.Lib.GangaList.GangaList import GangaList
                    new_v = GangaList()
                except ImportError:
                    new_v = []
                for elem in v:
                    new_v.append(Descriptor.cloneObject(elem, obj, name))
                #return new_v
            elif not isinstance(v, Node):
                if isclass(v):
                    new_v = v()
                else:

assertion = item['optional'] and (item['category'] != 'internal')
            else:
                assertion = item['optional']
            #assert(assertion)
            if assertion is False:
                logger.warning("Item: '%s'. of class type: '%s'. Has a Default value of 'None' but is NOT optional!!!" % (name, type(obj)))
                logger.warning("Please contact the developers and make sure this is updated!")
            return None
        elif isinstance(v, str):
            return str(v)
        elif isinstance(v, int):
            return int(v)
        elif isinstance(v, dict):
            new_dict = {}
            for key, item in v.iteritems():
                new_dict[key] = Descriptor.cloneObject(item, obj, name)
            return new_dict
        else:
            if not isinstance(v, Node) and isinstance(v, (list, tuple)):
                try:
                    # must import here as will fail at the top
                    from GangaCore.GPIDev.Lib.GangaList.GangaList import GangaList
                    new_v = GangaList()
                except ImportError:
                    new_v = []
                for elem in v:
                    new_v.append(Descriptor.cloneObject(elem, obj, name))
                #return new_v
            elif not isinstance(v, Node):
                if isclass(v):
                    new_v = v()
                else:

    @staticmethod
    def cloneListOrObject(v, extra_args):
        """
        This clones the value v by determining if the value of v is a list or not.
        If v is a list then a new list is returned with elements copied via cloneObject
        if v is not a list then a new instance of the list is copied via cloneObject
        Args:
            v (unknown): Object we want a new copy of
            extra_args (tuple): Contains the name of the attribute being copied and the object which owns the object being copied
        """
        name=extra_args[0]
        obj=extra_args[1]
        if isinstance(v, (list, tuple, GangaList)):
            new_v = GangaList()
            for elem in v:
                new_v.append(Descriptor.cloneObject(elem, obj, name))
            return new_v
        else:
            return Descriptor.cloneObject(v, obj, name)