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package com.esotericsoftware.kryo;
/** Allows implementing classes to perform their own copying. Hand written copying can be more efficient in some cases.
*
* This method is used instead of the registered serializer {@link Serializer#copy(Kryo, Object)} method.
* @author Nathan Sweet */
public interface KryoCopyable {
/** Returns a copy that has the same values as this object. Before Kryo can be used to copy child objects,
* {@link Kryo#reference(Object)} must be called with the copy to ensure it can be referenced by the child objects.
* @see Serializer#copy(Kryo, Object) */
public T copy (Kryo kryo);
}