ObjectCopier.java revision 608:7e06bf1dcb09 
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25
26package com.sun.corba.se.spi.copyobject ;
27
28/** Provides an interface for a variety of means to copy an arbitrary
29 * object.  Any implementation of this interface must return an exact
30 * copy of obj, preserving all aliasing across all objects reachable
31 * from obj.  ReflectiveCopyException must be thrown if the implementation
32 * cannot copy obj for some reason.  Note that a trivial implementation
33 * of this interface is possible (always return obj), but this is often
34 * not the desired implementation.
35 */
36public interface ObjectCopier {
37    Object copy( Object obj ) throws ReflectiveCopyException ;
38}
39