Code Correctness: Class Does Not Implement Cloneable

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Abstract

This class implements a clone() method but does not implement Cloneable.

Description

It appears that the programmer intended for this class to implement the Cloneable interface because it implements a method named clone(). However, the class does not implement the Cloneable interface and the clone() method will not behave correctly.

Examples

Calling clone() for this class will result in a CloneNotSupportedException.

	public class Kibitzer {
	  public Object clone() throws CloneNotSupportedException {
		... 
	  }
	}