[Chapter 12] Cloneable
Author: Mark Grand and Jonathan Knudsen
Date: Fri Aug 8 17:00:23 1997

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| Chapter 12 The java.lang Package |

# Cloneable

## Name

Cloneable

## Synopsis

Interface Name:

  `java.lang.Cloneable`

Super-interface:

  None

Immediate Sub-interfaces:

  `java.text.CharacterIterator`

Implemented by:

  `java.awt.GridBagConstraints`, `java.awt.Insets`,

  `java.awt.image.ImageFilter`,

  `java.text.BreakIterator`,

  `java.text.Collator`, `java.text.DateFormat`,

  `java.text.DateFormatSymbols`,

  `java.text.DecimalFormatSymbols`,

  `java.text.Format`, `java.text.NumberFormat`,

  `java.util.BitSet`, `java.util.Calendar`,

  `java.util.Date`, `java.util.Hashtable`,

  `java.util.Locale`, `java.util.TimeZone`,

  `java.util.Vector`

Availability:

  JDK 1.0 or later

## Description

The `Cloneable` interface provides no functionality; it declares no methods or variables. This interface is simply provided as a way of indicating that an object can be cloned (that is, copied). A class that is declared as implementing this interface is assumed to have overridden the `Object` class' implementation of `clone()` with an implementation that can successfully clone instances of the class. The implementation of `clone()` that is provided by the `Object` class simply throws a `CloneNotSupportedException`.

## Interface Declaration

    public interface java.lang.Cloneable {
    }

## See Also

`BitSet`, `BreakIterator`, `Calendar`, `CloneNoSupportedException`, `Collator`, `Date`, `DateFormat`, `DateFormatSymbols`, `DecimalFormatSymbols`, `Format`, `Hashtable`, `Locale`, `NumberFormat`, `TimeZone`, `Vector`

ClassNotFoundException |  | CloneNotSupportedException