Setting The Enclosing Class Instance Using Reflection

Question

Hi,
I'm implementing some customized deep clone mechanism.
When I have an instance of an inner class (or anonymous inner class), I need to create a clone, that refer to a clone of the enclosing class (and not the original inner class).
Any ideas if there's a way to implement this?
for example
class A implements IMyClonable
   class B implements IMyClonable
        public void cloneMe() {};
   public void cloneMe() {};
}when cloning B instance b to bClone, the enclosing A instance of bClone, should be a clone of the enclosing A instance if b.
Thanks,
Roee

Answer 1

s_roee wrote:
Hi,
I'm implementing some customized deep clone mechanism.
When I have an instance of an inner class (or anonymous inner class), I need to create a clone, that refer to a clone of the enclosing class (and not the original inner class).
Any ideas if there's a way to implement this?
for example
class A implements IMyClonable
class B implements IMyClonable
public void cloneMe() {};
public void cloneMe() {};
}when cloning B instance b to bClone, the enclosing A instance of bClone, should be a clone of the enclosing A instance if b.B.clone() retains the enclosing A instance.
You could;
write your A clone method
define a copy constructor in B
define a method in A that returns a copy of a B instance using the above B copy constructor
have the B clone method create a clone of A and call the above copy method on this cloned instance of A.