001 /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------+ 002 $Id: IDeepCloneable.java 26283 2010-02-18 11:18:57Z juergens $ 003 | | 004 | Copyright 2005-2010 Technische Universitaet Muenchen | 005 | | 006 | Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); | 007 | you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. | 008 | You may obtain a copy of the License at | 009 | | 010 | http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 | 011 | | 012 | Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software | 013 | distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, | 014 | WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. | 015 | See the License for the specific language governing permissions and | 016 | limitations under the License. | 017 +--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/ 018 package edu.tum.cs.commons.clone; 019 020 /** 021 * Interface for classes that are deep cloneable, i.e. that can be duplicated 022 * and recursively deep clone all field values. 023 * 024 * @author Florian Deissenboeck 025 * @author $Author: juergens $ 026 * 027 * @version $Rev: 26283 $ 028 * @levd.rating GREEN Hash: FD7BD0FF3B40D49D4EE6395EDF420A28 029 */ 030 public interface IDeepCloneable { 031 032 /** 033 * Deep clone of this object. 034 * 035 * @throws DeepCloneException 036 * if problems during cloning occured. 037 */ 038 public IDeepCloneable deepClone() throws DeepCloneException; 039 }