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- All Known Subinterfaces:
- AclEntry,- Attribute,- AttributedCharacterIterator,- Attributes,- CertPathBuilderResult,- CertPathParameters,- CertPathValidatorResult,- CertSelector,- CertStoreParameters,- CharacterIterator,- CRLSelector,- Descriptor,- ExtendedGSSCredential,- GSSCredential,- Name
 
 public interface CloneableA class implements theCloneableinterface to indicate to theObject.clone()method that it is legal for that method to make a field-for-field copy of instances of that class.Invoking Object's clone method on an instance that does not implement the Cloneableinterface results in the exceptionCloneNotSupportedExceptionbeing thrown.By convention, classes that implement this interface should override Object.clone(which is protected) with a public method. SeeObject.clone()for details on overriding this method.Note that this interface does not contain the clonemethod. Therefore, it is not possible to clone an object merely by virtue of the fact that it implements this interface. Even if the clone method is invoked reflectively, there is no guarantee that it will succeed.- Since:
- 1.0
- See Also:
- CloneNotSupportedException,- Object.clone()