Mandatory cloneable interface in Java

Question

I\'m having a small problem in Java. I have an interface called Modifiable. Objects implementing this interface are Modifiable.

I also have a ModifyCommand class (wi

Answer 1

public class CloningExample implements Cloneable {

private LinkedList names = new LinkedList();


public CloningExample() {
    names.add("Alex");
    names.add("Melody");
    names.add("Jeff");
}


public String toString() {
    StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
    Iterator i = names.iterator();
    while (i.hasNext()) {
        sb.append("\n\t" + i.next());
    }
    return sb.toString();
}


public Object clone() {
    try {
        return super.clone();
    } catch (CloneNotSupportedException e) {
        throw new Error("This should not occur since we implement Cloneable");
    }
}


public Object deepClone() {
    try {
        CloningExample copy = (CloningExample)super.clone();
        copy.names = (LinkedList)names.clone();
        return copy;
    } catch (CloneNotSupportedException e) {
        throw new Error("This should not occur since we implement Cloneable");
    }
}

public boolean equals(Object obj) {

    /* is obj reference this object being compared */
    if (obj == this) {
        return true;
    }

    /* is obj reference null */
    if (obj == null) {
        return false;
    }

    /* Make sure references are of same type */
    if (!(this.getClass() == obj.getClass())) {
        return false;
    } else {
        CloningExample tmp = (CloningExample)obj;
        if (this.names == tmp.names) {
            return true;
        } else {
            return false;
        }
    }

}


public static void main(String[] args) {

    CloningExample ce1 = new CloningExample();
    System.out.println("\nCloningExample[1]\n" + 
                       "-----------------" + ce1);

    CloningExample ce2 = (CloningExample)ce1.clone();
    System.out.println("\nCloningExample[2]\n" +
                       "-----------------" + ce2);

    System.out.println("\nCompare Shallow Copy\n" +
                       "--------------------\n" +
                       "    ce1 == ce2      : " + (ce1 == ce2) + "\n" +
                       "    ce1.equals(ce2) : " + ce1.equals(ce2));

    CloningExample ce3 = (CloningExample)ce1.deepClone();
    System.out.println("\nCompare Deep Copy\n" +
                       "--------------------\n" +
                       "    ce1 == ce3      : " + (ce1 == ce3) + "\n" +
                       "    ce1.equals(ce3) : " + ce1.equals(ce3));

    System.out.println();

}

}