pl.edu.agh.cast.common
Interface IReplicable

All Known Subinterfaces:

IDomainElement, IElement, IEntity, IGeneralElement, IManyToManyRelation, IOneToOneRelation, IPresentationElement<T>, IReference<T>, IReferenceList<T>, ISchemaConnection, ISchemaElement<T>, ISchemaNode, ITimedManyToManyRelation, ITimedOneToOneRelation, IVisualElement<M>, IVisualSchemaConnection, IVisualSchemaElement<T>, IVisualSchemaNode

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractElement, Entity, ManyToManyRelation, OneToOneRelation, PresentationElement, SchemaConnection, SchemaNode, TimedManyToManyRelation, TimedOneToOneRelation, VisualElement, VisualSchemaConnection, VisualSchemaNode

public interface IReplicable

Interface of objects that may be replicated. This is similar to Java cloning.

Author:

AGH CAST Team

See Also:

Cloneable

Method Summary

Object	replicate() Returns a replicated instance of this instance.
Object	replicateTo(Object replica) Replicates this instance state to given replica object.

Method Detail

replicate

Object replicate()
                 throws ReplicationException

Returns a replicated instance of this instance.

Returns:

replicated instance

Throws:

ReplicationException - if replication fails

replicateTo

Object replicateTo(Object replica)
                   throws IllegalArgumentException,
                          ReplicationException

Replicates this instance state to given replica object. The replica should be an instance of replicated instance's class (same class or subclass).

Parameters:

replica - the object to replicate to

Returns:

the replica object (the same instance as given)

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if given object is null or of invalid type

ReplicationException - if replication fails