hmm, i dont quite understand what the Cloneable interface is for?

i have an abstract class

with a bunch of sub classes
It's there to indicate that your class is in fact clonable
and some of them are cloneable

so, when trying a clone and wanting to verify that the object is infact cloneable
you get an exception
CloneNotSupportedException, right?
well, no because i know it throws that

i do if (obj instanceof Cloneable)

which determines if the class actually implements the interface
Don't explain java code to me
heh sorry

Tell me what the problem is
but what then? i cant seem to call the public clone method without casting it to the specific types implementing cloneable

and a public clone method

i thought the Cloneable interface would actually implement this method so I could use it
Then either implement it on the base class or have something on the base class that delegates the call
easy peasy
er.. what?

alright thanks
Interfaces don't implement methods
they declare their existence
yea

what i meant, sorry
or a requirement really
heh

Action: jjava giggles hysterically
your sub-classes that are Clonable, all have to implement the clone()-method
or have one provided for them through a common base class
yea

but then if implementing clone in the base class, i wouldn't know which of the sub classes that actually have a valid clone method

so i'd have to catch the exception of calling clone() ?
er.. they all do in that case
catching the exception is unrelated
CNSE is a check exception and is therefor mandatory to catch and/or re-throw
er.. declare throws
ah alright

thanks