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What are all the different ways to create an object in Java?

How many ways to create an object in java? I was asked about this in a recent interview.

Since everything in Java is on the heap, I would think ‘new’ is the way to go. Comments?

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4 ways off the top of my head(I know this because I too was asked this question once!):

Using new:

Car obj = new Car();

By Cloning:

Car a = new Car();
Car b = a.clone();

Using forName from Class

Car obj = (Car) Class.forName("Car").newInstance();

By Deserializing:

ObjectInputStream in = new ObjectInputStream(instream);
Car object = (Car) in.readObject();