Java,cloning classes with access restrictions

Question

I have :

• class Personne implements Cloneable...

The personne class uses Adress class in it's field.

• private Adresse adresse=ADRESSE_UNKNOWN;

So what i want is having a option to :

• modify the cloned Person adress

  Here is my clone method :

  Object o = null;
  try {
  o = super.clone();
  } catch(CloneNotSupportedException cnse) {
    cnse.printStackTrace(System.err);
      }
      return o;
  } 
  

• BUT that the original Person class won t have the access to the Cloned Person class Adress field.

Please give me a tip.

Answer 1

Ok Guys , so with help i understood. The possibility to override a clone() method is giving the opurtunity to modify the fields of the cloning class. As a proposed solution a reset the Adress field of the class to NULL. Then i created a setter that giving an option to modify the clone adress field.

    @Override
    public Personne clone()
{
    Personne o;
    try {
       o = (Personne)super.clone();
       o.adresse = null;
       return o;
    } catch(CloneNotSupportedException cnse) {
      cnse.printStackTrace(System.err);
      throw new RuntimeException();
    }
}
 // setter pour l adresse du Clone :
    public void setAdresseClone(Adresse a){
    this.clone().adresse = a;
    }