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 * XDEV Application Framework - XDEV Application Framework
 * Copyright © 2003 XDEV Software (https://xdev.software)
 *
 * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
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 *
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 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
 *
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 */
package xdev.lang;


/**
 * The Copyable interface defines a type safe clone
 * method to create a field-for-field copy of instances of that class.
 * 
 * 
 * Hint: This interface extends the
 * java.lang.Cloneable interface.
 * 
 * 
 * @see Comparable
 * 
 * @author XDEV Software
 * @param 
 *            type of the clone
 * @since 2.0
 */
public interface Copyable extends Cloneable
{
	/**
	 * Returns a field-for-field copy of this instance.
	 * 
	 * @return a field-for-field copy of this instance.
	 */
	public T clone();
}