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'clone()' method in non-Cloneable class

Reports classes that override the clone() method but don't implement the Cloneable interface. This usually represents a programming error.

Use the Only warn on 'public' clone methods option to ignore methods that aren't public.

For classes designed to be inherited, you may choose to override clone() and declare it as protected without implementing the Cloneable interface and decide whether to implement the Cloneable interface in subclasses.

Inspection options

Option

Type

Default

Only warn on 'public' clone methods

Checkbox

true

Inspection Details

Available in:

IntelliJ IDEA 2023.3, Qodana for JVM 2023.3

Plugin:

Java, 233.SNAPSHOT

Last modified: 13 July 2023