Index: Record.java
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RCS file: /home/cvspublic/jakarta-poi/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/record/Record.java,v
retrieving revision 1.4
diff -u -r1.4 Record.java
--- Record.java	5 Sep 2002 00:26:23 -0000	1.4
+++ Record.java	4 Dec 2002 05:22:37 -0000
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
  * @version 2.0-pre
  */
 
-public abstract class Record
+public abstract class Record implements Cloneable
 {
 
     /**
@@ -244,6 +244,9 @@
     public abstract short getSid();
 
     public Object clone() {
-      throw new RuntimeException("The class "+getClass().getName()+" needs to define a clone method");
+      try{
+          return super.clone();
+      }
+      catch(CloneNotSupportedException e){/*unreachable*/throw new InternalError();}
     }
 }