Java中任何实现了Cloneable接口的类都可以通过调用clone()方法来复制一份自身然后传给调用者。一般而言，clone()方法满足：
(1) 对任何的对象x，都有x.clone() !=x，即克隆对象与原对象不是同一个对象。
(2) 对任何的对象x，都有x.clone().getClass()==x.getClass()，即克隆对象与原对象的类型一样。
(3) 如果对象x的equals()方法定义恰当，那么x.clone().equals(x)应该成立。
/** * Creates and returns a copy of this object. The precise meaning * of "copy" may depend on the class of the object. The general * intent is that, for any object {@code x}, the expression: * <blockquote> * <pre> * x.clone() != x</pre></blockquote> * will be true, and that the expression: * <blockquote> * <pre> * x.clone().getClass() == x.getClass()</pre></blockquote> * will be {@code true}, but these are not absolute requirements. * While it is typically the case that: * <blockquote> * <pre> * x.clone().equals(x)</pre></blockquote> * will be {@code true}, this is not an absolute requirement. * <p> * By convention, the returned object should be obtained by calling * {@code super.clone}. If a class and all of its superclasses (except * {@code Object}) obey this convention, it will be the case that * {@code x.clone().getClass() == x.getClass()}. * <p> * By convention, the object returned by this method should be independent * of this object (which is being cloned). To achieve this independence, * it may be necessary to modify one or more fields of the object returned * by {@code super.clone} before returning it. Typically, this means * copying any mutable objects that comprise the internal "deep structure" * of the object being cloned and replacing the references to these * objects with references to the copies. If a class contains only * primitive fields or references to immutable objects, then it is usually * the case that no fields in the object returned by {@code super.clone} * need to be modified. * <p> * The method {@code clone} for class {@code Object} performs a * specific cloning operation. First, if the class of this object does * not implement the interface {@code Cloneable}, then a * {@code CloneNotSupportedException} is thrown. Note that all arrays * are considered to implement the interface {@code Cloneable} and that * the return type of the {@code clone} method of an array type {@code T[]} * is {@code T[]} where T is any reference or primitive type. * Otherwise, this method creates a new instance of the class of this * object and initializes all its fields with exactly the contents of * the corresponding fields of this object, as if by assignment; the * contents of the fields are not themselves cloned. Thus, this method * performs a "shallow copy" of this object, not a "deep copy" operation. * <p> * The class {@code Object} does not itself implement the interface * {@code Cloneable}, so calling the {@code clone} method on an object * whose class is {@code Object} will result in throwing an * exception at run time. * * @return a clone of this instance. * @throws CloneNotSupportedException if the object's class does not * support the {@code Cloneable} interface. Subclasses * that override the {@code clone} method can also * throw this exception to indicate that an instance cannot * be cloned. * @see java.lang.Cloneable */ protected native Object clone() throws CloneNotSupportedException;
首先来看看浅拷贝和深拷贝的定义：
浅拷贝：使用一个已知实例对新创建实例的成员变量逐个赋值，这个方式被称为浅拷贝。
深拷贝：当一个类的拷贝构造方法，不仅要复制对象的所有非引用成员变量值，还要为引用类型的成员变量创建新的实例，并且初始化为形式参数实例值。这个方式称为深拷贝
也就是说浅拷贝只复制一个对象，传递引用，不能复制实例。而深拷贝对对象内部的引用均复制，它是创建一个新的实例，并且复制实例。
对于浅拷贝当对象的成员变量是基本数据类型时，两个对象的成员变量已有存储空间，赋值运算传递值，所以浅拷贝能够复制实例。但是当对象的成员变量是引用数据类型时，就不能实现对象的复制了。
存在一个对象Person，代码如下：
public class Person {
private String name;
private String sex;
private int age;
public Person(String name,String sex,int age){
this.name = name;
this.sex = sex;
this.age = age;
}
public Person(Person p){ //拷贝构造方法，复制对象
this.name = p.name;
this.sex = p.sex;
this.age = p.age;
}
}
上面的对象Person有三个成员变量。name、sex、age。两个构造方法。第二个的参数为该对象，它称为拷贝构造方法，它将创建的新对象初始化为形式参数的实例值，通过它可以实现对象复制功能。
又有一个对象Asian,如下：
public class Asian {
private String skin;
Person person;
public Asian(String skin,Person person){
this.skin = skin;
this.person = person; //引用赋值
}
public Asian(Asian asian){ //拷贝构造方法，复制对象
this(asian.skin,asian.person);
}
}
上面对象也存在着两个成员变量，skin 和Person对象
对于person对象有如下：
Person p1 = new Person("李四","mam",23);
Person p2 = new Person(P1);
当调用上面的语句时。P2对象将会对P1进行复制。执行情况如下如下图：
对于Asian对象有：
Asian a1 = new Asian("yellow",new Person("李四","mam",23));
Asian a2 = new Asian(a1);
New Asian(a1)执行Asian类的拷贝构造方法，由于对象赋值是引用赋值。使得a1和a2引用同一个对象
如下图：
当a1执行某条可以改变该值的语句时，那么a1将会通过这个语句也可以改变a2对象的成员变量
如果执行以下语句：a2.name = new Person(a1.name)
这时将会创建一个新的Person对象
如下图：
http://www.cnblogs.com/chenssy/p/3308489.html