1 /*
2 DeepCloneable.java
3 Creation date : 14/04/2010
4 Copyright © Benjamin Croizet (graffity2199@yahoo.fr)
5
6 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
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11
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23 */
24
25 package net.sourceforge.plantumldependency.common.clone;
26
27 /**
28 * Interface which defines object which are able to be deep cloned.
29 *
30 * @param <T>
31 * @see java.lang.Cloneable
32 * @author Benjamin Croizet (<a href="mailto:graffity2199@yahoo.fr>graffity2199@yahoo.fr</a>)
33 * @since 1.3.0
34 * @version 1.3.0
35 */
36 public interface DeepCloneable < T > extends Cloneable {
37
38 /**
39 * Object which implements this method are able to be safely deep cloned, without any border
40 * side effects.
41 *
42 * @return a deep clone of the current object.
43 * @since 1.3.0
44 */
45 T deepClone();
46 }