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