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/*
 * Copyright 2012 AMG.lab, a Bull Group Company
 * 
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 * 
 *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 * 
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */
package org.xlcloud.service;

/**
 * Interface for models clonable from blueprints
 *  S - source type
 *  D - destination type (blueprint)
 * 
 * @author Konrad Król, AMG.net
 */
public interface ClonableFromBlueprint {

    /**
     * Clones all fields from blueprint to destination object
     * @param blueprint
     *  - blueprint that stores fields which should be cloned to the destination object 
     * @return modified destination object
     */
    public D fromBlueprint(S blueprint);
}