Cloning Program [Doubt] Error

Question

public class CloneExample implements Cloneable {
     int value = 1; 
     String name;  // personalized name
     public Object clone() {
          CloneExample copy = null;
          try {
             copy = (CloneExample) super.clone();  // shallow copy
//             copy.name = new String(this.name);  // deep copying
          } catch (CloneNotSupportedException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
          return (Object) copy;
      public static void main(String args[]){
           CloneExample cloneEx = new CloneExample();
           cloneEx.setName("bob");
           System.out.println(cloneEx.getName());
           Cloneable clonedObj = (CloneExample)cloneEx.clone();
//           System.out.println(clonedObj.getName());
     public String getName() {
          return name;
     public void setName(String name) {
          name = name;
Output
null
Doubt
Why I am getting an output of null for
System.out.println(cloneEx.getName()); --> null?
Also WHy is getName() not defined fo clonedObj even after cloning it.
I am not able to use: clonedObj.getName()

Answer 1

hi,
     public void setName(String name) {
          name = name;
     }Here is your problem, both name=name are local variable, it will not store in class variable.. so use this to store
1st problem Solved     
public void setName(String name) {
          this.name = name;
     }