1 /*
2 * Copyright 2011, Werner Guttmann
3 *
4 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
5 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
6 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
7 *
8 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
9 *
10 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
11 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
12 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
13 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
14 * limitations under the License.
15 */
16 package org.exolab.castor.mapping;
17
18 /**
19 * A marker interface that indicates that a {@link FieldHandler} implementaion allows
20 * shallow/deep cloning of its state.
21 *
22 * @author Werner Guttmann
23 * @version $Revision: $
24 * @see FieldHandler
25 * since 1.3.3
26 */
27 public interface ClonableFieldHandlerMarker {
28
29 /**
30 * Entry point for shallow/deep 'cloning' of {@link FieldHandler} instances.
31 * @return the 'cloned' {@link FieldHandler} instance.
32 */
33 public FieldHandler copyFieldHandler();
34
35 }