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| 1 | +/* | |
| 2 | + * Copyright (c) 1995, 2004, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. | |
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| 4 | + * | |
| 5 | + * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it | |
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| 11 | + * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT | |
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| 16 | + * | |
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| 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 | +} | |