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package org.ikasan.spec.event;
/**
* Provide a standard contract for a replication factory to replicate any given object.
*
* @author Ikasan Development Team
*
*/
public interface ReplicationFactory
{
/**
* Deep replicate the incoming object and return a fully independent copy.
* The returned object can be mutated without any consequence to
* the originating object.
* @param object
* @return object copy
*/
public T replicate(T object);
/**
* Shallow replicate the incoming object and return an semi-independent copy.
* The returned object cannot have children references modified without consequence to
* the originating object.
* @param object
* @return object copy
*/
public T shallowReplicate(T object);
}
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