Unit 2 (prog 7) : Test clone() method

By | June 19, 2013

In this Example, you can find the Cloneable interface and Clone method usage in java. and also various ways to create object in java.

/*
 * Object cloning is a way to create exact copy of an object.
 * To use clone() method of java.lang.Cloneable interface, class must implement it else CloneNotSupportException will be thrown.
 */

class TestClone implements Cloneable {

   int a;
   int b;
   TestClone(int a,int b){
      this.a = a;
      this.b = b;
   }

   public Object clone() throws CloneNotSupportedException {
      return super.clone();
   }
}

public class CloningTest {

   public static void main(String a[]) throws CloneNotSupportedException {

      TestClone tc = new TestClone(4,5);
      TestClone tcCloned = (TestClone) tc.clone();
      System.out.println("a from tc " + tc.a);
      System.out.println("a from tcCloned " + tcCloned.a);
   }
}

/*
 * In Java object can be created in following ways...
 * 1. New Keyword
 * 2. newInstance() method
 * 3. clone() method
 * 4. Factory Method.
 */
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