//: appendixa:AddingClone.java // From 'Thinking in Java, 2nd ed.' by Bruce Eckel // www.BruceEckel.com. See copyright notice in CopyRight.txt. // You must go through a few gyrations // to add cloning to your own class. import java.util.*; class Int2 implements Cloneable { private int i; public Int2(int ii) { i = ii; } public void increment() { i++; } public String toString() { return Integer.toString(i); } public Object clone() { Object o = null; try { o = super.clone(); } catch(CloneNotSupportedException e) { System.err.println("Int2 can't clone"); } return o; } } // Once it's cloneable, inheritance // doesn't remove cloneability: class Int3 extends Int2 { private int j; // Automatically duplicated public Int3(int i) { super(i); } } public class AddingClone { public static void main(String[] args) { Int2 x = new Int2(10); Int2 x2 = (Int2)x.clone(); x2.increment(); System.out.println( "x = " + x + ", x2 = " + x2); // Anything inherited is also cloneable: Int3 x3 = new Int3(7); x3 = (Int3)x3.clone(); ArrayList v = new ArrayList(); for(int i = 0; i < 10; i++ ) v.add(new Int2(i)); System.out.println("v: " + v); ArrayList v2 = (ArrayList)v.clone(); // Now clone each element: for(int i = 0; i < v.size(); i++) v2.set(i, ((Int2)v2.get(i)).clone()); // Increment all v2's elements: for(Iterator e = v2.iterator(); e.hasNext(); ) ((Int2)e.next()).increment(); // See if it changed v's elements: System.out.println("v: " + v); System.out.println("v2: " + v2); } } ///:~