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package com.jme3.animation;

import com.jme3.scene.Spatial;
import com.jme3.util.clone.JmeCloneable;

/**
 * An interface that allow to clone a Track for a given Spatial.
 * The spatial fed to the method is the Spatial holding the AnimControl controling the Animation using this track.
 * 
 * Implement this interface only if you make your own Savable Track and that the track has a direct reference to a Spatial in the scene graph.
 * This Spatial is assumed to be a child of the spatial holding the AnimControl.
 *  
 *
 * @author Nehon
 */
public interface ClonableTrack extends Track, JmeCloneable {

    /**
     * Allows to clone the track for a given Spatial.
     * The spatial fed to the method is the Spatial holding the AnimControl controling the Animation using this track.
     * This method will be called during the loading process of a j3o model by the assetManager.
     * The assetManager keeps the original model in cache and returns a clone of the model.
     * 
     * This method prupose is to find the cloned reference of the original spatial which it refers to in the cloned model.
     * 
     * See EffectTrack for a proper implementation.
     * 
     * @param spatial the spatial holding the AnimControl
     * @return  the cloned Track
     */
    public Track cloneForSpatial(Spatial spatial);
    
    /**
     * Method responsible of cleaning UserData on referenced Spatials when the Track is deleted
     */
    public void cleanUp();
}




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