Java的clone方法

在Java中，经常会需要新建一个对象，很多情况下，需要这个新建的对象和现有的某个对象保持属性一致。

　　那么，就有两种方式来实现这个对象的构造：

　　　　①通过新建一个对象，为这个对象的属性根据原有对象的属性来进行赋值

　　　　②调用clone方法，来实现实例对象的克隆

　　对于Java的clone方法，需要注意的就是它实际上是一种“浅克隆”(Shallow Clone)，对于int、double这种基本数据类型，直接拷贝值；对于String这样的类对象，则是直接拷贝引用。因此对于通过clone得到的对象来说，它很大程度上还是和原有被克隆对象之间有着很大的联系(例如修改clone对象的String属性，则原有对象的String属性也会变化)。

　　于是，为了得到两个完全“独立”的具有相同属性的实例对象，就涉及到“深克隆”(Deep Clone)。至于如何来编写实现“深克隆”，可参考这篇博客(来自大学同学朱大佬分享): https://blog.csdn.net/zhangjg_blog/article/details/18369201

　　当然，至此要说明的重点并不是如何实现“深克隆”和“浅克隆”，而是要比较一下上面提到的①②两种方法，哪种效率更高一些。

　　首先，对于“浅克隆”来进行测试：

 

注：这里的SimpleTest类只包含一个name属性(String型)，而Test类则包括name以及line0~line9这11个属性(均为String型)。这里让这些属性值在构造器中完成初始化。

　　测试代码:

 

 

 

 

 

 

说明: 这里分别对四种情况进行测试：

　　　　1). 简单的“浅克隆”，通过用SimpleTest的“浅克隆”来进行测试 

　　　　2). 简单的“构造”，通过用SimpleTest的构造器来实例对象，其name值，直接通被克隆对象的name值来获取

　　　　3). 复杂的“浅克隆”，通过Test的“浅克隆”来进行测试

　　　　4). 复杂的“构造”，通过正常构造Test，来获得Test实例，需要注意的就是，此时Test的构造器内涉及到一系列的new操作(代表复杂构造操作)

　　测试结果:

 

 

 

结果说明: 

　　　　①对于轻量型的类对象，通过new操作来构造，效率会更高(对比987ms和7ms)。

　　　　②对于重量型的类对象，通过clone操作来进行构造，效率会更高(对比1016ms和4503ms)。

　　原因分析:

　　　　①对于轻量型的类对象，通过new操作即可很快地进行构造，而clone方法依旧涉及到new操作，但其会进行更多的方法调用，执行流程会消耗一些时间

　　　　②对于重量型的类对象，new操作则需要构造相当多的对象，从而会消耗很多时间；但clone方法(这里是“浅克隆”)只需要拷贝引用给新的对象即可，因此消耗的时间会更少

　　但是，这只是对于“浅克隆”来说，clone的构造效率会更高，但对于“深克隆”来说，情况却并不乐观。

　　首先，按照前面提到的那篇博客，来进一步构造深克隆:

class Person implements Cloneable {
    public int age;
    public String name;
    public Body body;

    public Person(int age, String name, Body body) {
        this.age = age;
        this.name = name;
        this.body = body;
    }

    @Override
    protected Object clone() throws CloneNotSupportedException {
        Person newPerson = (Person)super.clone();
        newPerson.body = (Body)body.clone();
        return newPerson;
    }
}

class Body implements Cloneable {
    public Head head;

    public Body(Head head) {
        this.head = head;
    }

    @Override
    protected Object clone() throws CloneNotSupportedException {
        Body newBody = (Body)super.clone();
        newBody.head = (Head)head.clone();
        return newBody;
    }
}

class Head implements Cloneable {
    public Face face;

    public Head(Face face) {
        this.face = face;
    }

    @Override
    protected Object clone() throws CloneNotSupportedException {
        Head newHead = (Head)super.clone();
        newHead.face = (Face)face.clone();
        return newHead;
    }

}

class Face implements Cloneable {
    public Mouth mouth;

    public Face(Mouth mouth) {
        this.mouth = mouth;
    }

    @Override
    protected Object clone() throws CloneNotSupportedException {
        Face newFace = (Face)super.clone();
        newFace.mouth = (Mouth)mouth.clone();
        return newFace;
    }
}

class Mouth implements Cloneable {
    public Tooth tooth;

    public Mouth(Tooth tooth) {
        this.tooth = tooth;
    }

    @Override
    protected Object clone() throws CloneNotSupportedException {
        Mouth newMouth = (Mouth)super.clone();
        newMouth.tooth = (Tooth)tooth.clone();
        return newMouth;
    }
}

class Tooth implements Cloneable {
    public final int number;

    public Tooth(int number) {
        this.number = number;
    }

    @Override
    protected Object clone() throws CloneNotSupportedException {
        return super.clone();
    }
}

测试代码：

// 测试Deep Clone/New 的测试代码
            Person person1 = new Person(20, "Test", new Body(new Head(new Face(new Mouth(new Tooth(32))))));

            Person person2 = null;
            long startTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
            for(int i = 0; i < 100000000; i++) 
                person2 = (Person)person1.clone();
            long endTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
            System.out.println();
            System.out.println("Deep Clone : " + (endTime - startTime) + "ms");

            System.out.println();
            System.out.println("person1 == person2: " + (person1 == person2));
            System.out.println();

            System.out.println("person1.age == person2.age: " + (person1.age == person2.age));
            System.out.println("person1.name == person2.age: " + (person1.name == person2.name));
            System.out.println();

            System.out.println("person1.body == person2.body: " + (person1.body == person2.body));
            System.out.println("person1.body.head == person2.body.head: " + (person1.body.head == person2.body.head));
            System.out.println("person1.body.head.face == person2.body.head.face: " + (person1.body.head.face == person2.body.head.face));
            System.out.println("person1.body.head.face.mouth == person2.body.head.face.mouth: " 
                    + (person1.body.head.face.mouth == person2.body.head.face.mouth));
            System.out.println("person1.body.head.face.mouth.tooth == person2.body.head.face.mouth.tooth: " 
                    + (person1.body.head.face.mouth.tooth == person2.body.head.face.mouth.tooth));
            System.out.println("person1.body.head.face.mouth.tooth.number == person2.body.head.face.mouth.tooth.number: " 
                    + (person1.body.head.face.mouth.tooth.number == person2.body.head.face.mouth.tooth.number));
            System.out.println();

            Person person3 = null;
            startTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
            for(int i = 0; i < 100000000; i++) {
                Tooth tooth = new Tooth(person1.body.head.face.mouth.tooth.number);
                Mouth mouth = new Mouth(tooth);
                Face face = new Face(mouth);
                Head head = new Head(face);
                Body body = new Body(head);
                person3 = new Person(20, "Test", body);
            }
            endTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
            System.out.println("Deep New : " + (endTime - startTime) + "ms");

            System.out.println();
            System.out.println("person1 == person3: " + (person1 == person3));
            System.out.println();

            System.out.println("person1.age == person3.age: " + (person1.age == person3.age));
            System.out.println("person1.name == person3.age: " + (person1.name == person3.name));
            System.out.println();

            System.out.println("person1.body == person3.body: " + (person1.body == person3.body));
            System.out.println("person1.body.head == person3.body.head: " + (person1.body.head == person3.body.head));
            System.out.println("person1.body.head.face == person3.body.head.face: " + (person1.body.head.face == person3.body.head.face));
            System.out.println("person1.body.head.face.mouth == person3.body.head.face.mouth: " 
                    + (person1.body.head.face.mouth == person3.body.head.face.mouth));
            System.out.println("person1.body.head.face.mouth.tooth == person3.body.head.face.mouth.tooth: " 
                    + (person1.body.head.face.mouth.tooth == person3.body.head.face.mouth.tooth));
            System.out.println("person1.body.head.face.mouth.tooth.number == person3.body.head.face.mouth.tooth.number: " 
                    + (person1.body.head.face.mouth.tooth.number == person3.body.head.face.mouth.tooth.number));
            System.out.println();

按照这个结构，深克隆得到的对象和原有对象的关系如图:

 

 测试结果：

 

 

注: 这里的person3是通过new来构造的对象，其内部包含的每个引用对象(不包括其name)，均是通过new来进行构造的。

　　结论: 可以发现，“深克隆”并没有提高克隆的效率！相反，这种方法此时比通过new构造对象的方法效率还低。

　　原因分析: 就和上面的测试一样: 此处的“深克隆”依旧会通过new的方法来不断构造对象，因而本质上并没有提高效率(不似“浅克隆”一般直接复制引用即可)，反而由于操作流程的层层调用，使得其执行速度不如new构造对象的方法快。

　　至此，基本可以确定，clone方法只有在进行复杂的“浅克隆”时效率才会明显高于new构造方式，但由于此时的克隆本质上依旧是“浅克隆”，因此需要注意引用的指向问题，避免错误更改关联的信息值。

　　但是，对于测试一来说，这个比较是不全面的。因为浅克隆本质上，只是把类中的引用复制到新的对象属性中，而该测试中，new构造的对象的内部引用则是完全“独立”的。

　　因此，为了测试clone方法的“浅克隆”方式是否真正会提高效率，还要进行测试:

　　这里，更改了Test类的代码，为Test新增了一种构造器，便于构造对象；为Test新增了copy方法，该方法只是构建一个新的Test对象，并将自身的所有属性引用拷贝到这个新的对象属性中。

　　代码如图:

 

 测试代码：

　说明: 在原有测试代码的基础上，新增了测试对象t4，该对象的属性值通过调用copy方法来获得。当然，这里的copy实现的就是“浅克隆”的过程，即仅仅复制引用。

　　最后会打印三行信息：反映对于类内属性是否为真正的克隆。如果返回值为true，则表明line0引用指向的是相同空间，为“浅克隆”；如果返回值为false，则表明为真克隆，即对象真正隔离。

　　测试结果:

 

 

结论: 对于复杂的“浅克隆”，通过Copy的方式可实现类似Clone的实现(可以看到，Copy方法和Clone方法都是将引用直接拷贝)，但是效率并没有Clone高(多次测试都是如此)，这才是真正体现了Clone方法效率高的测试。

　　需要注意的是，clone尽管默认是“浅克隆”，但是依旧有很多应用情况。clone方法，可以将原有对象的private属性的信息也克隆下来，需要对此注意。

　　通过查阅stackoverflow，可以看到更多关于这方面的内容，其中也包括clone方法的应用场合(例如GUI面板等)。

　　最后，附上这篇博客的所有代码:

class Test implements Cloneable {
    public String name;
    // 10 lines(line0 ~ line9)
    public String line0;
    public String line1;
    public String line2;
    public String line3;
    public String line4;
    public String line5;
    public String line6;
    public String line7;
    public String line8;
    public String line9;
    
    public Test(String name) {
        this.name = name;
        // New the 10 lines
        line0 = new String("line0");
        line1 = new String("line1");
        line2 = new String("line2");
        line3 = new String("line3");
        line4 = new String("line4");
        line5 = new String("line5");
        line6 = new String("line6");
        line7 = new String("line7");
        line8 = new String("line8");
        line9 = new String("line9");
    }

    public Test() { } // 为测试三引入的构造器

    @Override
    protected Object clone() throws CloneNotSupportedException {
        return super.clone();
    }

    public Test copy() { // 为测试三引入的“复制”方法
        Test ret = new Test();
        ret.name = this.name;
        ret.line0 = this.line0;
        ret.line1 = this.line1;
        ret.line2 = this.line2;
        ret.line3 = this.line3;
        ret.line4 = this.line4;
        ret.line5 = this.line5;
        ret.line6 = this.line6;
        ret.line7 = this.line7;
        ret.line8 = this.line8;
        ret.line9 = this.line9;
        return ret;
    }
}

class SimpleTest implements Cloneable {
    public String name;
    
    public SimpleTest(String name) {
        this.name = name;
    }

    @Override
    protected Object clone() throws CloneNotSupportedException {
        return super.clone();
    }
}

class Person implements Cloneable {
    public int age;
    public String name;
    public Body body;

    public Person(int age, String name, Body body) {
        this.age = age;
        this.name = name;
        this.body = body;
    }

    @Override
    protected Object clone() throws CloneNotSupportedException {
        Person newPerson = (Person)super.clone();
        newPerson.body = (Body)body.clone();
        return newPerson;
    }
}

class Body implements Cloneable {
    public Head head;

    public Body(Head head) {
        this.head = head;
    }

    @Override
    protected Object clone() throws CloneNotSupportedException {
        Body newBody = (Body)super.clone();
        newBody.head = (Head)head.clone();
        return newBody;
    }
}

class Head implements Cloneable {
    public Face face;

    public Head(Face face) {
        this.face = face;
    }

    @Override
    protected Object clone() throws CloneNotSupportedException {
        Head newHead = (Head)super.clone();
        newHead.face = (Face)face.clone();
        return newHead;
    }

}

class Face implements Cloneable {
    public Mouth mouth;

    public Face(Mouth mouth) {
        this.mouth = mouth;
    }

    @Override
    protected Object clone() throws CloneNotSupportedException {
        Face newFace = (Face)super.clone();
        newFace.mouth = (Mouth)mouth.clone();
        return newFace;
    }
}

class Mouth implements Cloneable {
    public Tooth tooth;

    public Mouth(Tooth tooth) {
        this.tooth = tooth;
    }

    @Override
    protected Object clone() throws CloneNotSupportedException {
        Mouth newMouth = (Mouth)super.clone();
        newMouth.tooth = (Tooth)tooth.clone();
        return newMouth;
    }
}

class Tooth implements Cloneable {
    public final int number;

    public Tooth(int number) {
        this.number = number;
    }

    @Override
    protected Object clone() throws CloneNotSupportedException {
        return super.clone();
    }
}

public class T {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        try {
            // 测试Deep Clone/New 的测试代码
            Person person1 = new Person(20, "Test", new Body(new Head(new Face(new Mouth(new Tooth(32))))));

            Person person2 = null;
            long startTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
            for(int i = 0; i < 100000000; i++) 
                person2 = (Person)person1.clone();
            long endTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
            System.out.println();
            System.out.println("Deep Clone : " + (endTime - startTime) + "ms");

            System.out.println();
            System.out.println("person1 == person2: " + (person1 == person2));
            System.out.println();

            System.out.println("person1.age == person2.age: " + (person1.age == person2.age));
            System.out.println("person1.name == person2.age: " + (person1.name == person2.name));
            System.out.println();

            System.out.println("person1.body == person2.body: " + (person1.body == person2.body));
            System.out.println("person1.body.head == person2.body.head: " + (person1.body.head == person2.body.head));
            System.out.println("person1.body.head.face == person2.body.head.face: " + (person1.body.head.face == person2.body.head.face));
            System.out.println("person1.body.head.face.mouth == person2.body.head.face.mouth: " 
                    + (person1.body.head.face.mouth == person2.body.head.face.mouth));
            System.out.println("person1.body.head.face.mouth.tooth == person2.body.head.face.mouth.tooth: " 
                    + (person1.body.head.face.mouth.tooth == person2.body.head.face.mouth.tooth));
            System.out.println("person1.body.head.face.mouth.tooth.number == person2.body.head.face.mouth.tooth.number: " 
                    + (person1.body.head.face.mouth.tooth.number == person2.body.head.face.mouth.tooth.number));
            System.out.println();

            Person person3 = null;
            startTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
            for(int i = 0; i < 100000000; i++) {
                Tooth tooth = new Tooth(person1.body.head.face.mouth.tooth.number);
                Mouth mouth = new Mouth(tooth);
                Face face = new Face(mouth);
                Head head = new Head(face);
                Body body = new Body(head);
                person3 = new Person(20, "Test", body);
            }
            endTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
            System.out.println("Deep New : " + (endTime - startTime) + "ms");

            System.out.println();
            System.out.println("person1 == person3: " + (person1 == person3));
            System.out.println();

            System.out.println("person1.age == person3.age: " + (person1.age == person3.age));
            System.out.println("person1.name == person3.age: " + (person1.name == person3.name));
            System.out.println();

            System.out.println("person1.body == person3.body: " + (person1.body == person3.body));
            System.out.println("person1.body.head == person3.body.head: " + (person1.body.head == person3.body.head));
            System.out.println("person1.body.head.face == person3.body.head.face: " + (person1.body.head.face == person3.body.head.face));
            System.out.println("person1.body.head.face.mouth == person3.body.head.face.mouth: " 
                    + (person1.body.head.face.mouth == person3.body.head.face.mouth));
            System.out.println("person1.body.head.face.mouth.tooth == person3.body.head.face.mouth.tooth: " 
                    + (person1.body.head.face.mouth.tooth == person3.body.head.face.mouth.tooth));
            System.out.println("person1.body.head.face.mouth.tooth.number == person3.body.head.face.mouth.tooth.number: " 
                    + (person1.body.head.face.mouth.tooth.number == person3.body.head.face.mouth.tooth.number));
            System.out.println();

            // 测试Shallow Clone/New的测试代码
            SimpleTest st1 = new SimpleTest("SimpleTest");
            SimpleTest st2 = null;
            startTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
            for(int i = 0; i < 100000000; i++) 
                st2 = (SimpleTest)st1.clone();
            endTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
            System.out.println("Simple Shallow Clone : " + (endTime - startTime) + "ms");

            SimpleTest st3 = null;
            startTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
            for(int i = 0; i < 100000000; i++) 
                st3 = new SimpleTest(st1.name);
            endTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
            System.out.println("Simple Shallow New : " + (endTime - startTime) + "ms");

            Test t1 = new Test("Test");
            Test t2 = null;
            startTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
            for(int i = 0; i < 100000000; i++) 
                t2 = (Test)t1.clone();
            endTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
            System.out.println("Complex Shallow Clone : " + (endTime - startTime) + "ms");

            Test t3 = null;
            startTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
            for(int i = 0; i < 100000000; i++) 
                t3 = new Test(t1.name);
            endTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
            System.out.println("Complex Shallow New : " + (endTime - startTime) + "ms");

            Test t4 = null;
            startTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
            for(int i = 0; i < 100000000; i++) 
                t4 = t1.copy();
            endTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
            System.out.println("Complex Shallow Copy : " + (endTime - startTime) + "ms");

            System.out.println("t1.line0 == t2.line0 : " + (t1.line0 == t2.line0));
            System.out.println("t1.line0 == t3.line0 : " + (t1.line0 == t3.line0));
            System.out.println("t1.line0 == t4.line0 : " + (t1.line0 == t4.line0));

        } catch(CloneNotSupportedException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}