Вот более идиоматический способ сделать это (используя интерфейс Cloneable):
public class Register implements Cloneable {
private boolean[] register;
public Register(boolean[] register) {
int n = register.length;
if (n == 8 || n == 16 || n == 32 || n == 64) {
this.register = register;
} else {
throw new IllegalArgumentException(
"A register can only contain 8, 16, 32, or 64 bits");
}
}
@Override
public String toString() {
StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
for ( boolean b : this.register ) {
builder.append( b ? "1" : "0" );
}
return builder.toString();
}
public Register( int n ) {
this( new boolean[n] );
}
public int getLength() {
return this.register.length;
}
@Override
public Register clone() {
boolean[] clonedRegister = new boolean[this.register.length];
System.arraycopy(this.register, 0, clonedRegister,0, this.register.length);
return new Register( clonedRegister );
}
}
И тест JUnit, показывающий это в действии:
import org.junit.Assert;
import org.junit.Test;
public class RegisterTest {
@Test
public void testRegisterToString() {
Register source = new Register( new boolean[] {true, true, false, false, true, false, true, false } );
String result = "11001010";
Assert.assertEquals( result, source.toString() );
}
@Test
public void testRegisterCloning() {
Register source = new Register( new boolean[] {true, true, false, false, true, false, false, false } );
Register clone = source.clone();
Assert.assertEquals( source.toString(), clone.toString() );
}
}