[VELOCITY-712] Velocity Context clone() method doesn't do a deep cloning as mentioned in the javadoc

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.6.1
• Component/s: Engine
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Vincent Massol
• Created: 11/Mar/09 10:02
• Updated: 25/Apr/12 11:32
• Resolved: 25/Apr/12 11:32

Description

Looking at the code it does:

    public Object clone()
    {
        VelocityContext clone = null;
        try
        {
            clone = (VelocityContext) super.clone();
            clone.context = new HashMap(context);
        }
        catch (CloneNotSupportedException ignored)
        {
        }
        return clone;
    }

new HashMap() will not perform deep cloning but only shallow cloning.