Demonstrate the clone() method. : Clone « Class Definition « Java Tutorial

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3. Clone

class TestClone implements Cloneable {
  int a;

  double b;

  TestClone cloneTest() {
    try {
      return (TestClone) super.clone();
    } catch (CloneNotSupportedException e) {
      System.out.println("Cloning not allowed.");
      return this;
    }
  }
}

class CloneDemo {
  public static void main(String args[]) {
    TestClone x1 = new TestClone();
    TestClone x2;

    x1.a = 10;
    x1.b = 20.98;

    x2 = x1.cloneTest(); // clone x1

    System.out.println("x1: " + x1.a + " " + x1.b);
    System.out.println("x2: " + x2.a + " " + x2.b);
  }
}