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package org.omnifaces.util.copier;
/**
* Interface that is to be implement by classes that know how to copy an object.
*
* This contract makes no guarantee about the level of copying that is done.
* Copies can be deep, shallow, just a new instance of the same type or anything in between.
* It generally depends on the exact purpose of the copied object what level of copying is needed, and
* different implementations of this interface can facilitate for this difference.
*
* @since 2.0
* @author Arjan Tijms
*
*/
public interface Copier {
/**
* Return an object that's logically a copy of the given object.
*
*
* @param object the object to be copied
* @return a copy of the given object
*/
Object copy(Object object);
}