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Interface Cloneable

Known Subinterfaces:
AclEntry, Attribute, AttributedCharacterIterator, Attributes, CertPathBuilderResult, CertPathParameters, CertPathValidatorResult, CertSelector, CertStoreParameters, CharacterIterator, CRLSelector, Descriptor, GSSCredential, Name
Known Implementing Classes:
AbstractAction, AffineTransform, Arc2D, Arc2D.Double, Arc2D.Float, Area, AreaAveragingScaleFilter, ArrayList<E>, AttributeList, Attributes, BasicAttribute, BasicAttributes, BasicDesktopPaneUI.CloseAction, BasicDesktopPaneUI.MaximizeAction, BasicDesktopPaneUI.MinimizeAction, BasicDesktopPaneUI.NavigateAction, BasicDesktopPaneUI.OpenAction, BasicFileChooserUI.ApproveSelectionAction, BasicFileChooserUI.CancelSelectionAction, BasicFileChooserUI.ChangeToParentDirectoryAction, BasicFileChooserUI.GoHomeAction, BasicFileChooserUI.NewFolderAction, BasicFileChooserUI.UpdateAction, BasicInternalFrameTitlePane.CloseAction, BasicInternalFrameTitlePane.IconifyAction, BasicInternalFrameTitlePane.MaximizeAction, BasicInternalFrameTitlePane.MoveAction, BasicInternalFrameTitlePane.RestoreAction, BasicInternalFrameTitlePane.SizeAction, BasicSliderUI.ActionScroller, BasicTextUI.BasicCaret, BasicTreeUI.TreeCancelEditingAction, BasicTreeUI.TreeHomeAction, BasicTreeUI.TreeIncrementAction, BasicTreeUI.TreePageAction, BasicTreeUI.TreeToggleAction, BasicTreeUI.TreeTraverseAction, BitSet, BreakIterator, BufferCapabilities, BufferedImageFilter, Calendar, ChoiceFormat, Chromaticity, Collator, CollectionCertStoreParameters, ColorSupported, CompositeName, CompoundName, Compression, Copies, CopiesSupported, CopyOnWriteArrayList<E>, CropImageFilter, CubicCurve2D, CubicCurve2D.Double, CubicCurve2D.Float, DataFlavor, Date, Date, DateFormat, DateFormatSymbols, DateFormatter, DateTimeAtCompleted, DateTimeAtCreation, DateTimeAtProcessing, DateTimeSyntax, DecimalFormat, DecimalFormatSymbols, DefaultCaret, DefaultEditorKit, DefaultEditorKit.BeepAction, DefaultEditorKit.CopyAction, DefaultEditorKit.CutAction, DefaultEditorKit.DefaultKeyTypedAction, DefaultEditorKit.InsertBreakAction, DefaultEditorKit.InsertContentAction, DefaultEditorKit.InsertTabAction, DefaultEditorKit.PasteAction, DefaultFormatter, DefaultListSelectionModel, DefaultMutableTreeNode, DefaultTreeSelectionModel, Destination, Dimension, Dimension2D, DimensionUIResource, DocFlavor, DocFlavor.BYTE_ARRAY, DocFlavor.CHAR_ARRAY, DocFlavor.INPUT_STREAM, DocFlavor.READER, DocFlavor.SERVICE_FORMATTED, DocFlavor.STRING, DocFlavor.URL, DocumentName, EditorKit, ElementIterator, Ellipse2D, Ellipse2D.Double, Ellipse2D.Float, EnumMap<K,extends,Enum,K,V>, EnumSet<T,extends,Enum,T>, EnumSyntax, Fidelity, Finishings, Format, GeneralPath, GlyphVector, GlyphView, GrayFilter, GregorianCalendar, GridBagConstraints, HashMap<K,V>, HashSet<T>, Hashtable<K,V>, HTMLEditorKit, HTMLEditorKit.HTMLTextAction, HTMLEditorKit.InsertHTMLTextAction, IdentityHashMap<K,V>, ImageCapabilities, ImageFilter, InlineView, Insets, InsetsUIResource, IntegerSyntax, InternationalFormatter, JarEntry, JobAttributes, JobHoldUntil, JobImpressions, JobImpressionsCompleted, JobImpressionsSupported, JobKOctets, JobKOctetsProcessed, JobKOctetsSupported, JobMediaSheets, JobMediaSheetsCompleted, JobMediaSheetsSupported, JobMessageFromOperator, JobName, JobOriginatingUserName, JobPriority, JobPrioritySupported, JobSheets, JobState, JobStateReason, JobStateReasons, JTree.DynamicUtilTreeNode, JTree.EmptySelectionModel, Kernel, LabelView, LDAPCertStoreParameters, Line2D, Line2D.Double, Line2D.Float, LinkedHashMap<K,V>, LinkedHashSet<T>, LinkedList<T>, LinkRef, Locale, Mac, Manifest, MaskFormatter, MBeanAttributeInfo, MBeanConstructorInfo, MBeanInfo, MBeanNotificationInfo, MBeanOperationInfo, MBeanParameterInfo, Media, MediaName, MediaSize, MediaSizeName, MediaTray, MessageFormat, MetalFileChooserUI.DirectoryComboBoxAction, MetaMessage, MidiMessage, MultipleDocumentHandling, NumberFormat, NumberFormatter, NumberOfDocuments, NumberOfInterveningJobs, NumberUp, NumberUpSupported, OpenMBeanAttributeInfoSupport, OpenMBeanConstructorInfoSupport, OpenMBeanInfoSupport, OpenMBeanOperationInfoSupport, OpenMBeanParameterInfoSupport, OrientationRequested, OutputDeviceAssigned, PageAttributes, PageFormat, PageRanges, PagesPerMinute, PagesPerMinuteColor, Paper, ParameterBlock, PDLOverrideSupported, PKIXBuilderParameters, PKIXCertPathBuilderResult, PKIXCertPathChecker, PKIXCertPathValidatorResult, PKIXParameters, Point, Point2D, Point2D.Double, Point2D.Float, PresentationDirection, PrinterInfo, PrinterIsAcceptingJobs, PrinterLocation, PrinterMakeAndModel, PrinterMessageFromOperator, PrinterMoreInfo, PrinterMoreInfoManufacturer, PrinterName, PrinterResolution, PrinterState, PrinterStateReason, PrinterStateReasons, PrinterURI, PrintQuality, Properties, Provider, QuadCurve2D, QuadCurve2D.Double, QuadCurve2D.Float, QueuedJobCount, Rectangle, Rectangle2D, Rectangle2D.Double, Rectangle2D.Float, RectangularShape, Reference, ReferenceUriSchemesSupported, RenderContext, RenderingHints, ReplicateScaleFilter, RequestingUserName, ResolutionSyntax, RGBImageFilter, RoundRectangle2D, RoundRectangle2D.Double, RoundRectangle2D.Float, RTFEditorKit, RuleBasedCollator, Segment, SetOfIntegerSyntax, Severity, SheetCollate, ShortMessage, Sides, SimpleAttributeSet, SimpleDateFormat, SimpleTimeZone, Size2DSyntax, Stack<T>, StringCharacterIterator, StyledEditorKit, StyledEditorKit.AlignmentAction, StyledEditorKit.BoldAction, StyledEditorKit.FontFamilyAction, StyledEditorKit.FontSizeAction, StyledEditorKit.ForegroundAction, StyledEditorKit.ItalicAction, StyledEditorKit.StyledTextAction, StyledEditorKit.UnderlineAction, SysexMessage, TabularDataSupport, TextAction, TextLayout, TextMeasurer, TextSyntax, Time, Timestamp, TimeZone, TreeMap<K,V>, TreeSet<T>, UIDefaults, URISyntax, Vector<T>, X509CertSelector, X509CRLSelector, XMLGregorianCalendar, ZipEntry
public interface Cloneable
This interface should be implemented by classes wishing to support of override Object.clone(). The default behaviour of clone() performs a shallow copy, but subclasses often change this to perform a deep copy. Therefore, it is a good idea to document how deep your clone will go. If clone() is called on an object which does not implement this interface, a CloneNotSupportedException will be thrown.

This interface is simply a tagging interface; it carries no requirements on methods to implement. However, it is typical for a Cloneable class to implement at least equals, hashCode, and clone, sometimes increasing the accessibility of clone to be public. The typical implementation of clone invokes super.clone() rather than a constructor, but this is not a requirement.

If an object that implement Cloneable should not be cloned, simply override the clone method to throw a CloneNotSupportedException.

All array types implement Cloneable, and have a public clone method that will never fail with a CloneNotSupportedException.

Since:
1.0
See Also:
Object.clone(), CloneNotSupportedException
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