001/*
002 * This file is part of the Kompics component model runtime.
003 *
004 * Copyright (C) 2009 Swedish Institute of Computer Science (SICS) 
005 * Copyright (C) 2009 Royal Institute of Technology (KTH)
006 *
007 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
008 * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
009 * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
010 * of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
011 *
012 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
013 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
014 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
015 * GNU General Public License for more details.
016 *
017 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
018 * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
019 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.
020 */
021package se.sics.kompics.config;
022
023/**
024 *
025 * @author Lars Kroll {@literal <[email protected]>}
026 */
027public interface Cloner {
028    /**
029     * Clones the given object and returns the copy.
030     * <p>
031     * Use for custom value cloning logic.
032     * 
033     * @param o
034     *            Source object
035     * @return Copy of the source
036     */
037    public Object clone(Object o);
038}