// references/AddingClone.java // (c)2016 MindView LLC: see Copyright.txt // We make no guarantees that this code is fit for any purpose. // Visit http://OnJava8.com for more book information. // 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++; } @Override public String toString() { return Integer.toString(i); } @Override public Int2 clone() { try { return (Int2)super.clone(); } catch(CloneNotSupportedException e) { throw new RuntimeException(e); } } } // Inheritance doesn't remove cloneability: class Int3 extends Int2 { private int j; // Automatically duplicated public Int3(int i) { super(i); } } public class AddingClone { @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") public static void main(String[] args) { Int2 x = new Int2(10); Int2 x2 = 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, v2.get(i).clone()); // Increment all v2's elements: for(Int2 i2 : v2) i2.increment(); System.out.println("v2: " + v2); // See if it changed v's elements: System.out.println("v: " + v); } } /* Output: x = 10, x2 = 11 v: [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9] v2: [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10] v: [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9] */