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jaroslav@557: 
jaroslav@557: package java.lang;
jaroslav@557: 
jaroslav@557: /**
jaroslav@557:  * A class implements the <code>Cloneable</code> interface to
jaroslav@557:  * indicate to the {@link java.lang.Object#clone()} method that it
jaroslav@557:  * is legal for that method to make a
jaroslav@557:  * field-for-field copy of instances of that class.
jaroslav@557:  * <p>
jaroslav@557:  * Invoking Object's clone method on an instance that does not implement the
jaroslav@557:  * <code>Cloneable</code> interface results in the exception
jaroslav@557:  * <code>CloneNotSupportedException</code> being thrown.
jaroslav@557:  * <p>
jaroslav@557:  * By convention, classes that implement this interface should override
jaroslav@557:  * <tt>Object.clone</tt> (which is protected) with a public method.
jaroslav@557:  * See {@link java.lang.Object#clone()} for details on overriding this
jaroslav@557:  * method.
jaroslav@557:  * <p>
jaroslav@557:  * Note that this interface does <i>not</i> contain the <tt>clone</tt> method.
jaroslav@557:  * Therefore, it is not possible to clone an object merely by virtue of the
jaroslav@557:  * fact that it implements this interface.  Even if the clone method is invoked
jaroslav@557:  * reflectively, there is no guarantee that it will succeed.
jaroslav@557:  *
jaroslav@557:  * @author  unascribed
jaroslav@557:  * @see     java.lang.CloneNotSupportedException
jaroslav@557:  * @see     java.lang.Object#clone()
jaroslav@557:  * @since   JDK1.0
jaroslav@557:  */
jaroslav@557: public interface Cloneable {
jaroslav@557: }