Object cloner — clone • rJava

Generic function to clone objects

clone(x, ...)

Methods

clone: signature(x = "jobjRef"): clone a java object reference (must implement Cloneable)
clone: signature(x = "jarrayRef"): clone a java rugged array (not yet implemented)
clone: signature(x = "jrectRef"): clone a java rectangular array (not yet implemented)

Arguments

x: An object to clone
...: Further arguments, ignored

Value

A clone of the object

Warning

The implementation of clone for java object references uses the clone method of the Object class. The reading of its description in the java help page is strongly recommended.

Examples


  p1 <- .jnew("java/awt/Point" )
  p2 <- clone( p1 )
  p2$move( 10L, 10L )
  p1$getX() 
#> [1] 0

  # check that p1 and p2 are not references to the same java object
  stopifnot( p1$getX() == 0 )
  stopifnot( p2$getX() == 10 )