net.didion.jwnl.util
Interface DeepCloneable

All Superinterfaces:

Cloneable

All Known Subinterfaces:

Node

All Known Implementing Classes:

PointerTargetNode, PointerTargetNodeList, PointerTargetTreeNode, PointerTargetTreeNodeList, RelationshipList, TypeCheckingList

public interface DeepCloneable
extends Cloneable

A DeepCloneable is a cloneable object that can be cloned shallowly (by creating a copy of the object that contains references to the same members as the original) or deeply (by creating a copy of the object and of all it's member objects).

Method Summary

Object	clone() Create a shallow clone of the object
Object	deepClone() Create a deep clone of the object

Method Detail

clone

Object clone()
             throws CloneNotSupportedException

Create a shallow clone of the object

Throws:

CloneNotSupportedException

deepClone

Object deepClone()
                 throws UnsupportedOperationException

Create a deep clone of the object

Throws:

UnsupportedOperationException