| 深拷贝和浅拷贝对于基本变量是一样的,但是对于动态变量是不同的。 
 动态变量,对于C++/C是指针,对于JAVA是对象。 
 简单来说,对于C++,浅拷贝只是增加一个指针指向已经存在的内存,深拷贝是增加一个指针并且申请一个新的内存,使这个增加的指针指向这个新的内存。(这是递归的,即沿指针一层层往里追,直到获得了所有基本对象的副本) 浅拷贝可能造成内存溢出(从一个指针释放了内存,而另一个指针还在)、多次释放(对同一块内存被多个指针释放) 
 Java Object类的clone()方法是浅拷贝,可通过覆盖该方法实现深拷贝。派生类覆盖该方法时: 
 Java的深拷贝还可以通过串行化实现(避免比较复杂对象的深复制方法)。串行化即把对象写到流里的过程(写在流里的是一个拷贝),并行化即把对象从流中读出来的过程(把流里的拷贝读出来就是一个原对象的深拷贝) | 
下文转自:http://www.cnblogs.com/shuaiwhu/archive/2010/12/14/2065088.html
深拷贝(深复制)和浅拷贝(浅复制)是两个比较通用的概念,尤其在C++语言中,若不弄懂,则会在delete的时候出问题,但是我们在这幸好用的是Java。虽然java自动管理对象的回收,但对于深拷贝(深复制)和浅拷贝(浅复制),我们还是要给予足够的重视,因为有时这两个概念往往会给我们带来不小的困惑。
浅拷贝是指拷贝对象时仅仅拷贝对象本身(包括对象中的基本变量),而不拷贝对象包含的引用指向的对象。深拷贝不仅拷贝对象本身,而且拷贝对象包含的引用指向的所有对象。举例来说更加清楚:对象A1中包含对B1的引用,B1中包含对C1的引用。浅拷贝A1得到A2,A2 中依然包含对B1的引用,B1中依然包含对C1的引用。深拷贝则是对浅拷贝的递归,深拷贝A1得到A2,A2中包含对B2(B1的copy)的引用,B2 中包含对C2(C1的copy)的引用。
若不对clone()方法进行改写,则调用此方法得到的对象即为浅拷贝,下面我们着重谈一下深拷贝。
运行下面的程序,看一看浅拷贝:
| classProfessor0 implementsCloneable {    String name;    intage;    Professor0(String name, intage) {        this.name = name;        this.age = age;    }    publicObject clone() throwsCloneNotSupportedException {        returnsuper.clone();    }}classStudent0 implementsCloneable {    String name;// 常量对象。    intage;    Professor0 p;// 学生1和学生2的引用值都是一样的。    Student0(String name, intage, Professor0 p) {        this.name = name;        this.age = age;        this.p = p;    }    publicObject clone() {        Student0 o = null;        try{            o = (Student0) super.clone();        } catch(CloneNotSupportedException e) {            System.out.println(e.toString());        }        returno;    }}publicclassShallowCopy {    publicstaticvoidmain(String[] args) {        Professor0 p = newProfessor0("wangwu", 50);        Student0 s1 = newStudent0("zhangsan", 18, p);        Student0 s2 = (Student0) s1.clone();        s2.p.name = "lisi";        s2.p.age = 30;        s2.name = "z";        s2.age = 45;        System.out.println("学生s1的姓名:"+ s1.name + "\n学生s1教授的姓名:"+ s1.p.name + ","+ "\n学生s1教授的年纪"+ s1.p.age);// 学生1的教授    }} | 
s2变了,但s1也变了,证明s1的p和s2的p指向的是同一个对象。这在我们有的实际需求中,却不是这样,因而我们需要深拷贝:
| classProfessor implementsCloneable {    String name;    intage;    Professor(String name, intage) {        this.name = name;        this.age = age;    }    publicObject clone() {        Object o = null;        try{            o = super.clone();        } catch(CloneNotSupportedException e) {            System.out.println(e.toString());        }        returno;    }}classStudent implementsCloneable {    String name;    intage;    Professor p;    Student(String name, intage, Professor p) {        this.name = name;        this.age = age;        this.p = p;    }    publicObject clone() {        Student o = null;        try{            o = (Student) super.clone();        } catch(CloneNotSupportedException e) {            System.out.println(e.toString());        }        o.p = (Professor) p.clone();        returno;    }}publicclassDeepCopy {    publicstaticvoidmain(String args[]) {        longt1 = System.currentTimeMillis();        Professor p = newProfessor("wangwu", 50);        Student s1 = newStudent("zhangsan", 18, p);        Student s2 = (Student) s1.clone();        s2.p.name = "lisi";        s2.p.age = 30;        System.out.println("name="+ s1.p.name + ","+ "age="+ s1.p.age);// 学生1的教授不改变。        longt2 = System.currentTimeMillis();        System.out.println(t2-t1);    }} | 
当然我们还有一种深拷贝方法,就是将对象串行化:
| importjava.io.*;//Serialization is time-consumingclassProfessor2 implements Serializable {    /**     *      */    privatestaticfinallongserialVersionUID = 1L;    String name;    intage;    Professor2(String name, intage) {        this.name = name;        this.age = age;    }}classStudent2 implementsSerializable {    /**     *      */    privatestaticfinallongserialVersionUID = 1L;    String name;// 常量对象。    intage;    Professor2 p;// 学生1和学生2的引用值都是一样的。    Student2(String name, intage, Professor2 p) {        this.name = name;        this.age = age;        this.p = p;    }    publicObject deepClone() throwsIOException, OptionalDataException,            ClassNotFoundException {        // 将对象写到流里        ByteArrayOutputStream bo = newByteArrayOutputStream();        ObjectOutputStream oo = newObjectOutputStream(bo);        oo.writeObject(this);        // 从流里读出来        ByteArrayInputStream bi = newByteArrayInputStream(bo.toByteArray());        ObjectInputStream oi = newObjectInputStream(bi);        return(oi.readObject());    }}publicclassDeepCopy2 {    /**     * @param args     */    publicstaticvoidmain(String[] args) throwsOptionalDataException,            IOException, ClassNotFoundException {        longt1 = System.currentTimeMillis();        Professor2 p = newProfessor2("wangwu", 50);        Student2 s1 = newStudent2("zhangsan", 18, p);        Student2 s2 = (Student2) s1.deepClone();        s2.p.name = "lisi";        s2.p.age = 30;        System.out.println("name="+ s1.p.name + ","+ "age="+ s1.p.age); // 学生1的教授不改变。        longt2 = System.currentTimeMillis();        System.out.println(t2-t1);    }} | 
但是串行化却很耗时,在一些框架中,我们便可以感受到,它们往往将对象进行串行化后进行传递,耗时较多。
原文:http://www.cnblogs.com/hf-cherish/p/4822332.html