diff --git a/patterns/design-patterns-creational/src/main/java/com/baeldung/prototype/Tree.java b/patterns/design-patterns-creational/src/main/java/com/baeldung/prototype/Tree.java
index f95d568647..513f720885 100644
--- a/patterns/design-patterns-creational/src/main/java/com/baeldung/prototype/Tree.java
+++ b/patterns/design-patterns-creational/src/main/java/com/baeldung/prototype/Tree.java
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 package com.baeldung.prototype;
 
-public class Tree implements Cloneable {
+public class Tree implements TreeCloneable {
 
     private double mass;
     private double height;
@@ -36,7 +36,12 @@ public class Tree implements Cloneable {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public Tree clone() {
+    public String toString() {
+        return "Tree [mass=" + mass + ", height=" + height + ", position=" + position + "]";
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public TreeCloneable createA_Clone() {
         Tree tree = null;
         try {
             tree = (Tree) super.clone();
@@ -46,9 +51,4 @@ public class Tree implements Cloneable {
         return tree;
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public String toString() {
-        return "Tree [mass=" + mass + ", height=" + height + ", position=" + position + "]";
-    }
-
 }
diff --git a/patterns/design-patterns-creational/src/main/java/com/baeldung/prototype/TreeCloneable.java b/patterns/design-patterns-creational/src/main/java/com/baeldung/prototype/TreeCloneable.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7767b8de73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patterns/design-patterns-creational/src/main/java/com/baeldung/prototype/TreeCloneable.java
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+package com.baeldung.prototype;
+
+public interface TreeCloneable extends Cloneable {
+
+    TreeCloneable createA_Clone();
+}
diff --git a/patterns/design-patterns-creational/src/test/java/com/baeldung/prototype/TreePrototypeUnitTest.java b/patterns/design-patterns-creational/src/test/java/com/baeldung/prototype/TreePrototypeUnitTest.java
index 0d06da53d6..ef42d92899 100644
--- a/patterns/design-patterns-creational/src/test/java/com/baeldung/prototype/TreePrototypeUnitTest.java
+++ b/patterns/design-patterns-creational/src/test/java/com/baeldung/prototype/TreePrototypeUnitTest.java
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ public class TreePrototypeUnitTest {
 
         Tree tree = new Tree(mass, height);
         tree.setPosition(position);
-        Tree anotherTree = tree.clone();
+        Tree anotherTree = (Tree) tree.createA_Clone();
         anotherTree.setPosition(otherPosition);
 
         assertEquals(position, tree.getPosition());