Easy Solution to implement clone java object

The easiest solution to this is to make the base class "implements Cloneable" and have the base class and all sub-classes contain the clone() method. When a class has data in it that must be cloned, adding a line or two to the clone() method is straightforward.

Example:

abstract public class X implements Cloneable {
        public X clone() throws CloneNotSupportedException {
                return (X) super.clone();
        }
}
 
abstract public class Y extends X {
        public Y clone() throws CloneNotSupportedException {
                return (Y) super.clone();
        }
}
 
public class Z extends Y {
        public Z clone() throws CloneNotSupportedException {
                return (Z) super.clone();
        }
}
 
public class test1 {
        public void function() throws CloneNotSupportedException {
                Y varY1 = new Z();
                Y varY2 = varY1.clone();
        }
}

From:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clone_(Java_method)