Detailed explanation of java deep copy and shallow copy (clone of method rewrite using serialization to achieve real deep copy)

  • 2021-07-10 19:48:38
  • OfStack

1. Serialization implementation


public class CloneUtils {

  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
  public static <T extends Serializable> T clone(T object){

    T cloneObj = null;
    try {
      ByteArrayOutputStream out = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
      ObjectOutputStream obs = new ObjectOutputStream(out);
      obs.writeObject(object);
      obs.close();

      ByteArrayInputStream ios = new ByteArrayInputStream(out.toByteArray());
      ObjectInputStream ois = new ObjectInputStream(ios);
      cloneObj = (T) ois.readObject();



    }catch (Exception e){
      e.printStackTrace();
    }
    return cloneObj;

  }

}

2. Master code


public class TestString {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    TestString test = new TestString();
    System.out.println("------- Shallow copy ---------");
    test.qianCopyTest();

    System.out.println();

    System.out.println("-------- Use clone Deep copy --------");
    test.defaultCloneTest();

    System.out.println();

    System.out.println("-------- Implementing a copy of an object using serialization --------");
    test.streamClonrTest();


    System.out.println("-------- Time-consuming comparison --------");
    System.out.println(" Time consuming 1 : "+ test.qianCopyCost());
    System.out.println(" Time consuming 2 : "+ test.CloneCopyCost());
    System.out.println(" Time consuming 3 : "+ test.StreamCopyCost());
  }

  /* Shallow copy */
  private void qianCopyTest() {
    String s = "cd";
    change(s);
    System.out.println(s);
    System.out.println("----------------");
    String b = new String("cd");
    change(b);
    System.out.println(b);
    System.out.println("----------------");
    int me = 1;
    change(me);
    System.out.println(me);
    System.out.println("----------------");
    Person person = new Person(" I ", 13,new Email(" I "));
    change(person);
    System.out.println(person.toString());
  }

  /* Use the default clone Method, need Person Realization Cloneable Interface */
  private void defaultCloneTest(){
    Person person = new Person(" I ", 13,new Email(" I "));
    Person person1 = person.clone();
    Person person2 = person.clone();
    System.out.println("person :  " "+person+" " ");
    System.out.println("person1 :  " "+person1+" " ");
    System.out.println("person2 :  " "+person2+" " ");
    // Change 1 One will touch everything! !   This is to use the default clone Disadvantages of the method 
    /* The clone() The method is to use the Object Class clone() Method, but the method exists 1 It does not copy all the attributes of the object, but selectively copies them. The basic rules are as follows: 
       1 ,   Basic type 
          If the variable is of basic type, copy its value, such as int , float Wait. 
       2 ,   Object 
          If the variable is 1 Instance object, copy its address reference, that is to say, the new object and the original object are common to the instance variable. 
       3 ,  String String 
          If the variable is String String, its address reference is copied. But when modified, it is regenerated from the string pool 1 A new string, and the original Purple Capital object remains unchanged. */
    person.getEmail().setContent(" You ");
    System.out.println(" After person :  " "+person+" " ");
    System.out.println(" After person1 :  " "+person1+" " ");
    System.out.println(" After person2 :  " "+person2+" " ");
  }

  /* Using serialization to implement a copy of an object requires that both the object and other objects in the object implement Serializable Interface */
  private void streamClonrTest(){
    Person person = new Person(" I ", 13,new Email(" I "));
    Person person1 = CloneUtils.clone(person);
    Person person2 = CloneUtils.clone(person);
    System.out.println("person :  " "+person+" " ");
    System.out.println("person1 :  " "+person1+" " ");
    System.out.println("person2 :  " "+person2+" " ");
    person.getEmail().setContent(" You ");
    System.out.println(" After person :  " "+person+" " ");
    System.out.println(" After person1 :  " "+person1+" " ");
    System.out.println(" After person2 :  " "+person2+" " ");
  }

  private static void change(String x) {
    x = "ab";
  }

  private static void change(int x) {
    x = 2;
  }

  private static void change(Person x) {
    x = new Person(" You ", 20, new Email(" You "));
  }

  private long qianCopyCost(){
    long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
    Person person = new Person(" I ", 13,new Email(" I "));
    List<Person> list = new ArrayList<>();
    for(int i = 0;i<=10000;i++){
      list.add(new Person(" You ", 20, new Email(" You ")));
    }
    return System.currentTimeMillis()-start;
  }

  private long CloneCopyCost(){
    long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
    Person person = new Person(" I ", 13,new Email(" I "));
    List<Person> list = new ArrayList<>();
    for(int i = 0;i<=10000;i++){
      list.add(person.clone());
    }
    return System.currentTimeMillis()-start;
  }

  private long StreamCopyCost(){
    long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
    Person person = new Person(" I ", 13,new Email(" I "));
    List<Person> list = new ArrayList<>();
    for(int i = 0;i<=10000;i++){
      list.add(CloneUtils.clone(person));
    }
    return System.currentTimeMillis()-start;
  }

}

class Person implements Serializable, Cloneable {

  private static final long serialVersionUID = -8584225043397465132L;
  private String name;
  private int age;

  public void setEmail(Email email) {
    this.email = email;
  }

  private Email email;

  public Email getEmail() {
    return email;
  }

  public void setName(String name) {
    this.name = name;
  }

  public void setAge(int age) {
    this.age = age;
  }

  public Person(String name, int age, Email email) {
    this.name = name;
    this.age = age;
    this.email = email;
  }

  @Override
  public String toString() {
    return "name : " + name + " | age : " + age +" | content : "+email.getContent();
  }

  @Override
  protected Person clone() {
    Person person = null;
    try {
      person = (Person) super.clone();
      /* If you add the following 1 Row   "Use clone Deep copy "   It won't change 1 Everything else has changed */
      person.setEmail(new Email(person.getEmail().getContent()));
    } catch (CloneNotSupportedException e) {
      e.printStackTrace();
    }

    return person;
  }
}

class Email implements Serializable {

  private static final long serialVersionUID = 1426052929769365539L;
  private String content;

  public void setContent(String content) {
    this.content = content;
  }

  public String getContent() {
    return content;
  }

  public Email(String content) {
    this.content = content;
  }
}

Tested for 1 time:
Output:
--Shallow copy--
cd

cd

1

name: I age: 13 content: I

----Using clone deep copy----
person: "name: I age: 13 content: I"
person1: "name: I age: 13 content: I"
person2: "name: I age: 13 content: I"
After person: "name: I age: 13 content: You"
After person1: "name: I age: 13 content: I"
After person2: "name: I age: 13 content: I"

-----Using serialization to implement a copy of an object-----
person: "name: I age: 13 content: I"
person1: "name: I age: 13 content: I"
person2: "name: I age: 13 content: I"
After person: "name: I age: 13 content: You"
After person1: "name: I age: 13 content: I"
After person2: "name: I age: 13 content: I"
--Time-consuming comparison--
It takes 1: 2
It takes 2: 1
It takes 3: 338


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