Clone concept doubt

[akshitha Akki]

Class Parent implements Cloneable
		{
			public void testMethod()
			{
				System.out.println("test method");
			}
			
			public Object clone()
			{
				try
				{
					return super.clone();
				}
				catch(CloneNotSupportedException e)
				{
					System.out.println("error");
				}
			}
		}
		public class Test
		{
			public static void main(String args[])
			{
				Parent p1 = new Parent();
				Parent p2;
				p2 = (Parent)p1.clone();
			}
		}
		

Here when the p1.clone() call is made, it checks whether the Objects' class is implementing Cloneable interface, then comes the actual call definition where the return super.clone() is made.
Can some brief out why it is made as super.clone() and how will it make the cloning of the object.

[Suresh Sajja]

Invoking super.clone will eventually invoke Object’s clone method,
Object's clone method first verifies if class of this object implements cloneable, then creates new instance of the class and initializes all the fields with same values as in original object.