//: c12:Compete.java // From Thinking in Java, 2nd Edition // Available at http://www.BruceEckel.com // (c) Bruce Eckel 1999 // Copyright notice in Copyright.txt import java.io.*; class Thing1 implements Serializable {} class Thing2 implements Serializable { Thing1 o1 = new Thing1(); } class Thing3 implements Cloneable { public Object clone() { Object o = null; try { o = super.clone(); } catch (CloneNotSupportedException e) { System.out.println("Thing3 can't clone"); } return o; } } class Thing4 implements Cloneable { Thing3 o3 = new Thing3(); public Object clone() { Thing4 o = null; try { o = (Thing4)super.clone(); } catch (CloneNotSupportedException e) { System.out.println("Thing4 can't clone"); } // Clone the field, too: o.o3 = (Thing3)o3.clone(); return o; } } public class Compete { static final int SIZE = 5000; public static void main(String[] args) { Thing2[] a = new Thing2[SIZE]; for(int i = 0; i < a.length; i++) a[i] = new Thing2(); Thing4[] b = new Thing4[SIZE]; for(int i = 0; i < b.length; i++) b[i] = new Thing4(); try { long t1 = System.currentTimeMillis(); ByteArrayOutputStream buf = new ByteArrayOutputStream(); ObjectOutputStream o = new ObjectOutputStream(buf); for(int i = 0; i < a.length; i++) o.writeObject(a[i]); // Now get copies: ObjectInputStream in = new ObjectInputStream( new ByteArrayInputStream( buf.toByteArray())); Thing2[] c = new Thing2[SIZE]; for(int i = 0; i < c.length; i++) c[i] = (Thing2)in.readObject(); long t2 = System.currentTimeMillis(); System.out.println( "Duplication via serialization: " + (t2 - t1) + " Milliseconds"); // Now try cloning: t1 = System.currentTimeMillis(); Thing4[] d = new Thing4[SIZE]; for(int i = 0; i < d.length; i++) d[i] = (Thing4)b[i].clone(); t2 = System.currentTimeMillis(); System.out.println( "Duplication via cloning: " + (t2 - t1) + " Milliseconds"); } catch(Exception e) { e.printStackTrace(); } } } ///:~