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The default implementation of Object.clone() performs a shallow copy. When a class desires a deep copy or some other custom behavior, they must implement that in their own clone() method after they obtain the copy from the superclass. The syntax for calling clone in Java is (assuming obj is a variable of a class type that has a public clone ...
A lazy copy is an implementation of a deep copy. When initially copying an object, a (fast) shallow copy is used. A counter is also used to track how many objects share the data. When the program wants to modify an object, it can determine if the data is shared (by examining the counter) and can do a deep copy if needed.
In Java, the Object class contains the clone() method, which copies the object and returns a reference to that copied object. Since it is in the Object class, all classes defined in Java will have a clone method available to the programmer (although to function correctly it needs to be overridden at each level it is used). Cloning an object in ...
Define a Prototype object that returns a copy of itself. Create new objects by copying a Prototype object. This enables configuration of a class with different Prototype objects, which are copied to create new objects, and even more, Prototype objects can be added and removed at run-time. See also the UML class and sequence diagram below.
iText is a library for creating and manipulating PDF files in Java and . NET.It was created in 2000 and written by Bruno Lowagie. The source code was initially distributed as open source under the Mozilla Public License or the GNU Library General Public License open source licenses.
copy and paste programming, which in academic settings may be done as part of plagiarism scrounging, in which a section of code is copied "because it works". In most cases this operation involves slight modifications in the cloned code, such as renaming variables or inserting/deleting code.
(In the JavaScript language, one can do this by using a null prototype, i.e. Object.create(null).) Cloning refers to a process whereby a new object is constructed by copying the behavior of an existing object (its prototype). The new object then carries all the qualities of the original. From this point on, the new object can be modified.
That can be expanded to give examples of how overloading applies to object copying. Copy constructors ditto. It still needs to be improved. --Radacovsky 00:00, 27 October 2006 (UTC) Hi i have added an example code which describes the difference between deep and shallow copy to my understanding, please let me know any corrections in the code.