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Copying Object (such as Button, Label, and personal Objects) ?

 
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In order to increase Object creation, i'd like to know if it is possible to make copy of objects.
I've tried with the clone() method, but it doesn't work well...
thnx for any help !
 
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You can only clone things that implement the Clonable Interface. Button and Label do not do that.
For your personal objects you could create your own createCopy() method that creates a new instance and sets all the field values to match the current instance. Note that this is not exactly "cloning" because in cloning you are not supposed to call the constructor of the instance, just duplicate the instance.
 
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thnx... now i need a way to improve Displaying of Objects on a Frame or Panel.
Because if i use this code :
import java.util.*;
import java.awt.*;
public class Start extends Frame{
int max = 9999;
MyButton b = new MyButton();
public Start(){
SpyTimer st = new SpyTimer();
setSize(640,480);
Vector v = null;
st.start();
v = createClone();
st.printTime("fin de creation des " + String.valueOf(max) + " bouttons");
for(int i=0;i<max;i++)>
add((MyButton)v.get(i));
setLayout(new FlowLayout());
setVisible(true);
st.printFinal();
}
public Vector createNew(){
Vector v1 = new Vector();
for(int i=0;i<max;i++)>
v1.addElement(new MyButton());
return v1;
}
public Vector createClone(){
Vector v = new Vector();
for(int i=0;i<max;i++)>
v.addElement((MyButton)b.clone());
return v;
}
public static void main(String args[]){
new Start();
}

private class MyButton extends Button implements Cloneable{
public Object clone(){
Object bTemp = null;
try{
bTemp = super.clone();
}
catch(Exception e){System.out.println("Erreur");}
return bTemp;
}
}
}

it take a huge time to display all the objects....

re thnx for any help ! ;-)
 
Nicolas Viollin
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Ouups !! here is the SpyTimer class :
public class SpyTimer {
private long startTime, endTime;
private final int MAX = 1000;
private String[] msg = new String[MAX];
private int idxMsg = 0;
public void start() {
startTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
idxMsg = 0;
}
public void printTime(String s) {
endTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
if (idxMsg < MAX)
msg[idxMsg++] = s + " @ " + Long.toString(endTime - startTime);
}
public void printFinal() {
try {
for (int j = 0; j < idxMsg; j++) {
System.out.println(msg[j]);
}
}
catch (Exception e) {}
}
}
...
 
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