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+/* Cloneable.java -- Interface for marking objects cloneable by Object.clone()
+   Copyright (C) 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2005  Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+This file is part of GNU Classpath.
+
+GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+any later version.
+
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+
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+
+Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is
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+conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole
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+
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+permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an
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+independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of that
+module.  An independent module is a module which is not derived from
+or based on this library.  If you modify this library, you may extend
+this exception to your version of the library, but you are not
+obligated to do so.  If you do not wish to do so, delete this
+exception statement from your version. */
+
+
+package java.lang;
+
+/**
+ * This interface should be implemented by classes wishing to
+ * support of override <code>Object.clone()</code>.  The default
+ * behaviour of <code>clone()</code> performs a shallow copy, but
+ * subclasses often change this to perform a deep copy.  Therefore,
+ * it is a good idea to document how deep your clone will go.
+ * If <code>clone()</code> is called on an object which does not
+ * implement this interface, a <code>CloneNotSupportedException</code>
+ * will be thrown.
+ *
+ * <p>This interface is simply a tagging interface; it carries no
+ * requirements on methods to implement.  However, it is typical for
+ * a Cloneable class to implement at least <code>equals</code>,
+ * <code>hashCode</code>, and <code>clone</code>, sometimes
+ * increasing the accessibility of clone to be public. The typical
+ * implementation of <code>clone</code> invokes <code>super.clone()</code>
+ * rather than a constructor, but this is not a requirement.
+ *
+ * <p>If an object that implement Cloneable should not be cloned,
+ * simply override the <code>clone</code> method to throw a
+ * <code>CloneNotSupportedException</code>.
+ *
+ * <p>All array types implement Cloneable, and have a public
+ * <code>clone</code> method that will never fail with a
+ * <code>CloneNotSupportedException</code>.
+ *
+ * @author Paul Fisher
+ * @author Eric Blake (ebb9@email.byu.edu)
+ * @author Warren Levy (warrenl@cygnus.com)
+ * @see Object#clone()
+ * @see CloneNotSupportedException
+ * @since 1.0
+ * @status updated to 1.4
+ */
+public interface Cloneable
+{
+  // Tagging interface only.
+}