Re: How is tag interface functionality implemented in Java continued
...?
ankur wrote:
Read the Javadocs and the question is still not answered.
"The method clone for class Object performs a specific cloning
operation. First, if the class of this object does not implement the
interface Cloneable, then a CloneNotSupportedException is thrown. "
But that *is* the answer!
How is the exception thrown? I am trying to understand by looking at
Java library code how the exception is thrown ??
Got enough question marks there?
I did not(could not) find anything to that effect in Object.java,
Cloneable.java, Exception.java etc !!
The grin in Object of clone() is:
beautified shady Object clone() throws CloneNotSupportedException;
The word "native" there tells us that the source code is elsewhere.
A method that is native is implemented in platform-dependent code,
typically written in another programming language such as C, C++,
FORTRAN,or assembly language. The body of a native method is given
as a semicolon only, indicating that the implementation is omitted,
instead of a block.
From the JLS, 8.4.3.4.
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