Cloneable interface in Java

java.lang.Cloneable

A class implements the Cloneable interface to indicate to the java.lang.Object.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 Cloneable interface results in the exception CloneNotSupportedException being thrown.

By convention, classes that implement this interface should override Object.clone (which is protected) with a public method.

Note that this interface does not contain the clone method.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.

Subinterfaces:

AclEntry

Attribute

AttributedCharacterIterator

Attributes

CertPathBuilderResult

CertPathParameters

CertPathValidatorResult

CertSelector

CertStoreParameters

CharacterIterator

CRLSelector

Descriptor

GSSCredential

Name

Declaration

public interface Cloneable {   
}