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/* - 02
* @(#)Cloneable.java 1.17 05/11/17 - 03 *
- 04 * Copyright 2006 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
- 05 * SUN PROPRIETARY/CONFIDENTIAL. Use is subject to license terms.
- 06
*/ - 07
- 08package java.lang;
- 09
- 10/**
- 11 * A class implements the <code>Cloneable</code> interface to
- 12 * indicate to the {@link java.lang.Object#clone()} method that it
- 13 * is legal for that method to make a
- 14 * field-for-field copy of instances of that class.
- 15 * <p>
- 16 * Invoking Object's clone method on an instance that does not implement the
- 17 * <code>Cloneable</code> interface results in the exception
- 18 * <code>CloneNotSupportedException</code> being thrown.
- 19 * <p>
- 20 * By convention, classes that implement this interface should override
- 21 * <tt>Object.clone</tt> (which is protected) with a public method.
- 22 * See {@link java.lang.Object#clone()} for details on overriding this
- 23 * method.
- 24 * <p>
- 25 * Note that this interface does <i>not</i> contain the <tt>clone</tt> method.
- 26 * Therefore, it is not possible to clone an object merely by virtue of the
- 27 * fact that it implements this interface. Even if the clone method is invoked
- 28 * reflectively, there is no guarantee that it will succeed.
- 29 *
- 30 * @author unascribed
- 31 * @version 1.17, 11/17/05
- 32 * @see java.lang.CloneNotSupportedException
- 33 * @see java.lang.Object#clone()
- 34 * @since JDK1.0
- 35 */
- 36public interface Cloneable {
- 37}
