/**
* Returns a shallow copy of this <tt>HashMap</tt> instance: the keys and values themselves are
* not cloned.
*
* @return a shallow copy of this map
*/
public Object clone() {
HashMap<K, V> result = null;
try {
result = (HashMap<K, V>) super.clone();
} catch (CloneNotSupportedException e) {
// assert false;
}
result.table = new Entry[table.length];
result.entrySet = null;
result.modCount = 0;
result.size = 0;
result.init();
result.putAllForCreate(this);
return result;
}
