Multiple instance of a class

Question

I have written a class, called Board. In my program, I need to create multiple instances of this class. e.g. Board1, Board2, Board3 etc.
Board Board2 = new Board();
Board2 = Board1;
However, when I change some parameters in Board1, the parameters in Board2 also get changed. Is there a way to prevent this?
I tried using the Object.clone() method, but I can't seem to invoke it due to its protected nature. If this is indeed the solution, does anybody know how to invoke it? Thanks!
Perd

Answer 1

I am interested in your alternative solution of
implementing clone() as a public method. However, I
don't really understand what do you mean by that.
I tried something like this:
class Board extends Cloneable
but it still doesn't work.
Can you please explain in greater detail what do you
mean? thanks!Read this: http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/java/javaOO/objectclass.html