Clone() method SDK 1.4

[michael]

To newsgroup,

<code snippet>

package folder;
import folder.Bar;

class Foo{
public static void main (String[] args){
Bar b = new Bar();
Object obj = b.clone();
Object[] array = new Object[10];
array[0] = obj;
}
}

.....
package folder;

class Bar implements Cloneable{
public Bar(){ System.out.println("creating bar object");}
}


Problem: I get a compile-time error complaining that the clone() method is
package protected. As you can see I have packaged both classes in the same
package, and therefore I should not be getting this error. What am i doing
wrong? note, I am using Java SDK 1.4


Any help appreciated

Regards
programmer

 

[Thomas Fritsch]

To newsgroup,

<code snippet>

package folder;
import folder.Bar;

class Foo{
public static void main (String[] args){
Bar b = new Bar();
Object obj = b.clone();
Object[] array = new Object[10];
array[0] = obj;
}
}

....
package folder;

class Bar implements Cloneable{
public Bar(){ System.out.println("creating bar object");}
}


Problem: I get a compile-time error complaining that the clone() method is
package protected. As you can see I have packaged both classes in the same
package, and therefore I should not be getting this error. What am i doing
wrong? note, I am using Java SDK 1.4

You need a public clone method. Simply add the following to your Bar class
public Object clone() { return super.clone(); }

 

[Thomas Fritsch]

You need a public clone method. Simply add the following to your Bar
class
public Object clone() { return super.clone(); }

Oops, I meant
public Object clone() throws CloneNotSupportedException { return
super.clone(); }

 

[John C. Bollinger]

Problem: I get a compile-time error complaining that the clone() method is
package protected. As you can see I have packaged both classes in the same
package, and therefore I should not be getting this error.

The clone() you are attempting to invoke is a protected member of class
java.lang.Object. Although it is therefore inherited by all other
classes, its scope is still determined by the class in which it is
declared. Override it with a public or another protected version on
your own class (which may simply delegate to Object's version) to gain
access from other classes.


John Bollinger
(e-mail address removed)

 

[Roedy Green]

The clone() you are attempting to invoke is a protected member of class
java.lang.Object. Although it is therefore inherited by all other
classes, its scope is still determined by the class in which it is
declared. Override it with a public or another protected version on
your own class (which may simply delegate to Object's version) to gain
access from other classes.

for details of how see http://mindprod.com/jgloss/clone.html