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Java TreeMap clone() Method with Example

TreeMap Class clone() method: Here, we are going to learn about the clone() method of TreeMap Class with its syntax and example.
Submitted by Preeti Jain, on February 19, 2020

TreeMap Class clone() method

• clone() method is available in java.util package.
• clone() method is used to clone or copy this TreeMap instance.
• clone() method is a non-static method, it is accessible with the class object only and if we try to access the method with the class name then we will get an error.
• clone() method does not throw an exception at the time of cloning an object.

Syntax:

    public Object clone();

Parameter(s):

• It does not accept any parameter.

Return value:

The return type of the method is Object, it returns cloned TreeMap instance.

Example:

// Java program to demonstrate the example 
// of Object clone() method of TreeMap 

import java.util.*;

public class CloneOfTreeMap {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // Instantiates a TreeMap object
        TreeMap < Integer, String > tree_map = new TreeMap < Integer, String > ();
        TreeMap < Integer, String > clone_map = new TreeMap < Integer, String > ();

        // By using put() method is to add
        // key-value pairs in a TreeMap
        tree_map.put(10, "C");
        tree_map.put(20, "C++");
        tree_map.put(50, "JAVA");
        tree_map.put(40, "PHP");
        tree_map.put(30, "SFDC");

        // Display TreeMap and clone_map
        System.out.println("TreeMap: " + tree_map);
        System.out.println("CloneMap: " + clone_map);

        // By using clone() method is to clone
        // this object
        clone_map = (TreeMap) tree_map.clone();

        // Display clone_map
        System.out.println("tree_map.clone(): " + clone_map);
    }
}

Output

TreeMap: {10=C, 20=C++, 30=SFDC, 40=PHP, 50=JAVA}
CloneMap: {}
tree_map.clone(): {10=C, 20=C++, 30=SFDC, 40=PHP, 50=JAVA}