What would happen if the House class (defined in Listing 1) did not override the clone() m...

What would happen if the House class (defined in Listing 1) did not override the clone() method or if House did not implement java.lang.Cloneable?

LISTING 1 House.java

1 public class House implements Cloneable, Comparable {
2 private int id;
3 private double area;
4 private java.util.Date whenBuilt;
5
6 public House(int id, double area) {
7 this.id = id;
8 this.area = area;
9 whenBuilt = new java.util.Date();
10 }
11
12 public int getId() {
13 return id;
14 }
15
16 public double getArea() {
17 return area;
18 }
19
20 public java.util.Date getWhenBuilt() {
21 return whenBuilt;
22 }
23
24 @Override /** Override the protected clone method defined in
25 the Object class, and strengthen its accessibility */
26 public Object clone() throws CloneNotSupportedException {
27 return super.clone();
28 }
29
30 @Override // Implement the compareTo method defined in Comparable
31 public int compareTo(House o) {
32 if (area > o.area)
33 return 1;
34 else if (area
35 return -1;
36 else
37 return 0;
38 }
39 }