Hi all!
PropagatorBuilder has a method named copy(). In my opinion, it could be a better implementation if the PropagatorBuilder interface extends the Cloneable interface with its methode clone(). In other words, the purpose is the same, but closer to Java.
What do you think?
Best,
Bryan
Yeah, but clone() returns an Object, so it implies a cast afterwards.
Yes, but there is a workaround if the method is override inside the class implementing the interface.
public class Bunny implements Cloneable {
...
@Override
public Bunny clone() {
try {
Bunny cloned = (Bunny) super.clone();
// clone all the attributs that are not automatically cloned
return cloned;
catch (CloneNotSupportedException cnse) {
// bla bla bla
}
}
Resulting in:
Bunny newCuteBunny = bunny.clone();
I think that clone method can have a default implementation in AbstractPropagatorBuilder with specific implementations inside the classes with attributs not cloneable automatically.
I didn’t know about this trick. Nice!