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Checking to see if a reference can be cloned
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// : appendixa:CheckCloneable.java
// Checking to see if a reference can be cloned.
// From 'Thinking in Java, 3rd ed.' (c) Bruce Eckel 2002
// www.BruceEckel.com. See copyright notice in CopyRight.txt.
// Can't clone this because it doesn't override clone():
class Ordinary {
}
// Overrides clone, but doesn't implement Cloneable:
class WrongClone extends Ordinary {
public Object clone() throws CloneNotSupportedException {
return super.clone(); // Throws exception
}
}
// Does all the right things for cloning:
class IsCloneable extends Ordinary implements Cloneable {
public Object clone() throws CloneNotSupportedException {
return super.clone();
}
}
// Turn off cloning by throwing the exception:
class NoMore extends IsCloneable {
public Object clone() throws CloneNotSupportedException {
throw new CloneNotSupportedException();
}
}
class TryMore extends NoMore {
public Object clone() throws CloneNotSupportedException {
// Calls NoMore.clone(), throws exception:
return super.clone();
}
}
class BackOn extends NoMore {
private BackOn duplicate(BackOn b) {
// Somehow make a copy of b and return that copy.
// This is a dummy copy, just to make the point:
return new BackOn();
}
public Object clone() {
// Doesn't call NoMore.clone():
return duplicate(this);
}
}
// You can't inherit from this, so you can't override
// the clone method as you can in BackOn:
final class ReallyNoMore extends NoMore {
}
public class CheckCloneable {
public static Ordinary tryToClone(Ordinary ord) {
String id = ord.getClass().getName();
System.out.println("Attempting " + id);
Ordinary x = null;
if (ord instanceof Cloneable) {
try {
x = (Ordinary) ((IsCloneable) ord).clone();
System.out.println("Cloned " + id);
} catch (CloneNotSupportedException e) {
System.err.println("Could not clone " + id);
}
} else {
System.out.println("Doesn't implement Cloneable");
}
return x;
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
// Upcasting:
Ordinary[] ord = { new IsCloneable(), new WrongClone(), new NoMore(),
new TryMore(), new BackOn(), new ReallyNoMore(), };
Ordinary x = new Ordinary();
// This won't compile; clone() is protected in Object:
//! x = (Ordinary)x.clone();
// Checks first to see if a class implements Cloneable:
for (int i = 0; i < ord.length; i++)
tryToClone(ord[i]);
}
} ///:~
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