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package org.refcodes.mixin;

/**
 * Provide the {@link Object#clone()} method to interfaces!.
 */
public interface Clonable extends Cloneable {

	/**
	 * Makes the {@link Object}'s {@link Object#clone()} method available to
	 * this interface.
	 * 
	 * @return The cloned instance.
	 * 
	 * @throws CloneNotSupportedException Thrown to indicate that the
	 *         clone method in class Object has been
	 *         called to clone an object, but that the object's class does not
	 *         implement the Cloneable interface.
	 */
	Object clone() throws CloneNotSupportedException;

}