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Canonical Object Constructors

Posted by Reginald Braithwaite-Lee on 08 Oct 1998, 7:17 AM

I believe that all classes should support a copy constructor:

public void someMethod (Foo fIsaFoo) {
Foo barIsAnotherFoo = new Foo(fIsaFoo);
....
}

At the very least, a constructor with the signature:

public Foo (Foo fooToCopy);

should clone the argument supplied.

• java piyushpaurana August 06, 2001 at 4:50 AM (0)
• Don't need a copy constructor Bill Venners 18 Oct 1998, 9:26 AM (2)
  • Constructor Mukhtar Shaikh November 12, 2001 at 7:03 AM (0)
  • Crippled Clone Adrian Dickin 23 Feb 1999, 7:59 AM (0)
• Copy constructors Martin Maisey 12 Oct 1998, 7:55 AM (0)