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You can insert Cloneability at any level of inheritance

// : appendixa:HorrorFlick.java
// You can insert Cloneability at any level of inheritance.
// From 'Thinking in Java, 3rd ed.' (c) Bruce Eckel 2002
// www.BruceEckel.com. See copyright notice in CopyRight.txt.


class Person {
}

class Hero extends Person {
}

class Scientist extends Person implements Cloneable {
  public Object clone() {
    try {
      return super.clone();
    catch (CloneNotSupportedException e) {
      // This should never happen: It's Cloneable already!
      throw new RuntimeException(e);
    }
  }
}

class MadScientist extends Scientist {
}

public class HorrorFlick {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    Person p = new Person();
    Hero h = new Hero();
    Scientist s = new Scientist();
    MadScientist m = new MadScientist();
    //! p = (Person)p.clone(); // Compile error
    //! h = (Hero)h.clone(); // Compile error
    s = (Scientists.clone();
    m = (MadScientistm.clone();
  }
///:~



           
       
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