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Interface java.lang.Cloneable

public interface Cloneable
A class implements the Cloneable interface to indicate to the clone method in class Object that it is legal for that method to make a field-for-field copy of instances of that class.

Attempts to clone instances that do not implement the Cloneable interface result in the exception CloneNotSupportedException being thrown.

Since:
JDK1.0
See Also:
CloneNotSupportedException


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