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| 1 | /* | ||
| 2 | * Copyright (c) 1995, 2004, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. | ||
| 3 | * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER. | ||
| 4 | * | ||
| 5 | * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it | ||
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| 7 | * published by the Free Software Foundation. Oracle designates this | ||
| 8 | * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided | ||
| 9 | * by Oracle in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code. | ||
| 10 | * | ||
| 11 | * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT | ||
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| 14 | * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that | ||
| 15 | * accompanied this code). | ||
| 16 | * | ||
| 17 | * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version | ||
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| 19 | * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA. | ||
| 20 | * | ||
| 21 | * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA | ||
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| 23 | * questions. | ||
| 24 | */ | ||
| 25 | |||
| 26 | package java.lang; | ||
| 27 | |||
| 28 | /** | ||
| 29 | * A class implements the <code>Cloneable</code> interface to | ||
| 30 | * indicate to the {@link java.lang.Object#clone()} method that it | ||
| 31 | * is legal for that method to make a | ||
| 32 | * field-for-field copy of instances of that class. | ||
| 33 | * <p> | ||
| 34 | * Invoking Object's clone method on an instance that does not implement the | ||
| 35 | * <code>Cloneable</code> interface results in the exception | ||
| 36 | * <code>CloneNotSupportedException</code> being thrown. | ||
| 37 | * <p> | ||
| 38 | * By convention, classes that implement this interface should override | ||
| 39 | * <tt>Object.clone</tt> (which is protected) with a public method. | ||
| 40 | * See {@link java.lang.Object#clone()} for details on overriding this | ||
| 41 | * method. | ||
| 42 | * <p> | ||
| 43 | * Note that this interface does <i>not</i> contain the <tt>clone</tt> method. | ||
| 44 | * Therefore, it is not possible to clone an object merely by virtue of the | ||
| 45 | * fact that it implements this interface. Even if the clone method is invoked | ||
| 46 | * reflectively, there is no guarantee that it will succeed. | ||
| 47 | * | ||
| 48 | * @author unascribed | ||
| 49 | * @see java.lang.CloneNotSupportedException | ||
| 50 | * @see java.lang.Object#clone() | ||
| 51 | * @since JDK1.0 | ||
| 52 | */ | ||
| 53 | public interface Cloneable { | ||
| 54 | } | ||