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package org.jboss.marshalling.cloner;
import java.io.IOException;
/**
* A cloner for class types. Used (for example) to load an equivalent class from an alternate classloader.
*/
public interface ClassCloner {
/**
* Clone the given class.
*
* @param original the class to clone
* @return the cloned class
* @throws IOException if cloning fails due to a serialization problem
* @throws ClassNotFoundException if cloning fails due to an unavailable class
*/
Class clone(Class original) throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException;
/**
* Clone the given reflection proxy class.
*
* @param proxyClass the proxy class to clone
* @return the cloned proxy class
* @throws IOException if cloning fails due to a serialization problem
* @throws ClassNotFoundException if cloning fails due to an unavailable class
*/
Class cloneProxy(Class proxyClass) throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException;
/**
* A class cloner which just returns the class it is given. This cloner can be used in cases where an object
* must be deep-cloned within the same class loader.
*/
ClassCloner IDENTITY = new ClassCloner() {
public Class clone(final Class original) {
return original;
}
public Class cloneProxy(final Class proxyClass) {
return proxyClass;
}
};
}