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/*
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* Copyright (c) 1995, 2004, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
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* DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
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*
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* This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
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* under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
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* published by the Free Software Foundation. Oracle designates this
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* particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
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* by Oracle in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code.
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*
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* This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
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* ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
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* FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License
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* version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
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* accompanied this code).
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*
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* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
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* 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
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* Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
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*
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* Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
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* or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
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* questions.
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*/
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package java.lang;
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/**
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* A class implements the <code>Cloneable</code> interface to
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* indicate to the {@link java.lang.Object#clone()} method that it
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* is legal for that method to make a
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* field-for-field copy of instances of that class.
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* <p>
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* Invoking Object's clone method on an instance that does not implement the
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* <code>Cloneable</code> interface results in the exception
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* <code>CloneNotSupportedException</code> being thrown.
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* <p>
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* By convention, classes that implement this interface should override
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* <tt>Object.clone</tt> (which is protected) with a public method.
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* See {@link java.lang.Object#clone()} for details on overriding this
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* method.
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* <p>
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* Note that this interface does <i>not</i> contain the <tt>clone</tt> method.
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* Therefore, it is not possible to clone an object merely by virtue of the
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* fact that it implements this interface. Even if the clone method is invoked
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* reflectively, there is no guarantee that it will succeed.
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*
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* @author unascribed
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* @see java.lang.CloneNotSupportedException
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* @see java.lang.Object#clone()
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* @since JDK1.0
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*/
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public interface Cloneable {
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}
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