Name: krT82822 Date: 02/17/2000


java version "1.2.2"
HotSpot VM (1.0.1, mixed mode, build g)

The clone()-Method of class StyledEditorKit (package javax.swing.text.rtf) is
not implemented correctly:

public Object clone() {
    return new StyledEditorKit();
}

Instead of calling super.clone(), a new instance of StyledEditorKit is created.
As a consequence, no ever [other?] existing subclass of StyledEditorKit can use
super.clone() for cloning the Object because the return type will always be a
"StyledEditorKit". This is problematic, if super.clone() does some important
initialisations on the cloned object.

Instead, the clone()-method should look like:

public Object clone() {
    super.clone();
}
(Review ID: 100623)
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