com.alee.api.merge

Interface ClonePolicy

All Superinterfaces:

Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

PerformClonePolicy, SkipClonePolicy

public interface ClonePolicy
extends Serializable

Merged objects cloning policy. It is asked whether or not merged objects should be cloned before merge operation.

Author:

Mikle Garin

See Also:

How to use Merge, Merge, Clone

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Object	clone(Object source) Returns source object or cloned object, depending on implementation.

Method Detail

clone

@Nullable
Object clone(@Nullable
                       Object source)

Returns source object or cloned object, depending on implementation.

Parameters:

source - source object to be cloned

Returns:

source object or cloned object, depending on implementation