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      "sc1": "Let's look at an example to see the difference between shallow and deep copying.",
      "sc2": "First let's create an <tt>Employee</tt> object with name field 'Sam'. This is referenced by <tt>firstEmployee</tt>.",
      "sc3": "Then let's 'shallow copy' by creating a new reference named <tt>shallowCopyEmployee</tt>, and making it also reference the same <tt>Employee</tt> object that <tt>firstEmployee</tt> references.",
      "sc4": "Now, using setName(), update the Employee object's name as \"John\", which shallowCopyEmployee is pointing to.",
      "sc5": "If you print out the name of firstEmployee, you will see that the name of the Employee is now \"John,\" not \"Sam.\".",
      "sc6": "Now, let's create another <tt>Employee</tt> object, referenced by <tt>secondEmployee</tt>. Set the name of this employee to be 'Patrice'.",
      "sc7": "Then we create a third <tt>Employee</tt> object, referenced by <tt>deepCopyEmployee</tt>.",
      "sc8": "After that, copy the name of the object referenced by <tt>secondEmployee</tt> and set that name into the object referenced by <tt>deepCopyEmployee</tt>. So you deep-copied the contents of <tt>secondEmployee</tt>'s object.",
      "sc9": "Now, let's set the name of the object referenced by <tt>deepCopyEmployee</tt> to 'John'.",
      "sc10": "Finally, if you print the name of <tt>secondEmployee</tt>, it is still 'Patrice'. Changing <tt>deepCopyEmployee</tt>'s name did not affect <tt>secondEmployee</tt>'s name."
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