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jaroslav@611:
jaroslav@611: package java.lang;
jaroslav@611:
jaroslav@611: /**
jaroslav@611: * A class implements the Cloneable
interface to
jaroslav@611: * indicate to the {@link java.lang.Object#clone()} method that it
jaroslav@611: * is legal for that method to make a
jaroslav@611: * field-for-field copy of instances of that class.
jaroslav@611: *
jaroslav@611: * Invoking Object's clone method on an instance that does not implement the
jaroslav@611: * Cloneable
interface results in the exception
jaroslav@611: * CloneNotSupportedException
being thrown.
jaroslav@611: *
jaroslav@611: * By convention, classes that implement this interface should override jaroslav@611: * Object.clone (which is protected) with a public method. jaroslav@611: * See {@link java.lang.Object#clone()} for details on overriding this jaroslav@611: * method. jaroslav@611: *
jaroslav@611: * Note that this interface does not contain the clone method. jaroslav@611: * Therefore, it is not possible to clone an object merely by virtue of the jaroslav@611: * fact that it implements this interface. Even if the clone method is invoked jaroslav@611: * reflectively, there is no guarantee that it will succeed. jaroslav@611: * jaroslav@611: * @author unascribed jaroslav@611: * @see java.lang.CloneNotSupportedException jaroslav@611: * @see java.lang.Object#clone() jaroslav@611: * @since JDK1.0 jaroslav@611: */ jaroslav@611: public interface Cloneable { jaroslav@611: }