Thread: How to clone a singleton class?

I know to make a singleton class but if suppose I require to clone it how can that be done.
If anybody can reply with sample code it would be better.

Thanx in advance!

Not tried cloning an instance ever but I know that the class needs to implement the Cloneable interface and override the clone method of the object's class(Please correct if I am wrong anywhere). But I know of how making a class as singleton. But then suddenly this thing striked in my mind that what if I require to clone a singleton instance and if so how can I do that?

I got your context of getting confused that if suppose I am making a class singleton whats the exact reason I would like to clone it. Its just for my understanding I need to know when I make a singleton class and then I require to clone that particular class then how can I do that. Actually is it possible to clone a singleton class and if so how? Below is the demonstration.
public class A {
private static A a;
private A(){}
public static synchronized A getAObject(){
if (a == null)
a = new A();
return a;
}
}


Now i need to clone the instance of this class. How can I do that?

That's the whole objective of creating a decent singleton -- to make it so that it is difficult if not impossible to have more than one instance of the class. In this context I agree that your question doesn't make much sense.

Thanks for the answer. I tried cloning a singleton. It was exactly the same as you have told. Like the non singleton instance.