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/*
 * Copyright (C) 2014-2024 Philip Helger (www.helger.com)
 * philip[at]helger[dot]com
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */
package com.helger.commons.lang;

import javax.annotation.Nonnull;

/**
 * This is a type-safe replacement interface for the default
 * {@link java.lang.Cloneable} interface since it contains the desired return
 * type and is accessible solely by the interface.
 *
 * @author Philip Helger
 * @param 
 *        The type to be returned by the {@link #getClone()} method.
 */
public interface ICloneable 
{
  /**
   * @return A 100% deep-copy of the implementing class.
   */
  @Nonnull
  DATATYPE getClone ();
}