Can a class method return the current instance of its class?

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@ddownn

, I was just hoping for a shortcut to avoid having to call a constructor.

You can use clone() in place of new:

Problema con Class, extend y herencia

I didn’t need to translate anything, nor use Google Translate. Like I had already explained, you’re gonna need to implement clone() in your own class, rather than relying on the new operator: So instead of: Ball hijo() { return new Ball(); } Go w/ something like this: Ball hijo() { return clone(); } @Override Ball clone() { try { final Ball hijo = (Ball) super.clone(); hijo.location = location.get(); return hijo; } catch (final CloneNotSupportedException e) {…