de.caff.generics

Interface Copyable<T>

All Known Subinterfaces:

MutableBooleanIndexable, MutableByteIndexable, MutableCharIndexable, MutableDoubleIndexable, MutableFloatIndexable, MutableIntIndexable, MutableLongIndexable, MutableShortIndexable

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractBasicCopyable, MutableBooleanIndexable.Base, MutableByteIndexable.Base, MutableCharIndexable.Base, MutableDoubleIndexable.Base, MutableFloatIndexable.Base, MutableIntIndexable.Base, MutableLongIndexable.Base, MutableShortIndexable.Base

public interface Copyable<T>

Enhanced cloning support.

Author:

Rammi

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static <U extends Copyable<? extends U>> U	copy(U source) Copy an copyable object while taking care of null values.
T	getCopy() Get a copy of this object.

Method Detail

getCopy

@NotNull
T getCopy()

Get a copy of this object. Immutable objects are allowed to return themselves. The copy needs not to be of the same class, it just has to fulfill the type restriction.

Returns:

independent copy of this object

copy

@Nullable
static <U extends Copyable<? extends U>> U copy(@Nullable
                                                          U source)

Copy an copyable object while taking care of null values.

Type Parameters:

U - source object type

Parameters:

source - source object, possibly null

Returns:

copy of source object, or null if source was null