org.jboss.jca.common.api.metadata
Interface CopyableMetaData

All Superinterfaces:

Cloneable

All Known Subinterfaces:

Activationspec15, Activationspec16, AdminObject, AuthenticationMechanism, ConfigProperty, ConfigProperty16, ConnectionDefinition, Connector, Connector10, Connector15, Connector16, InboundResourceAdapter, Messageadapter, MessageListener, OutboundResourceAdapter, ResourceAdapter, ResourceAdapter10, ResourceAdapter1516, SecurityPermission

All Known Implementing Classes:

Icon, LicenseType, LocalizedXsdString, Path, RequiredConfigProperty, XsdString

public interface CopyableMetaData
extends Cloneable

A CopyableMetaData. This interface force implementors to override copy() method. On the presence of this method are based some assumption to use generics during clone deep into the metadatas members.

Author:

Stefano Maestri

Method Summary

CopyableMetaData

copy() Creates and returns a copy of this object.

Method Detail

copy

CopyableMetaData copy()

Creates and returns a copy of this object. Ther copy is done in deep of all elements. It isn't formally a clone of the instance since it does not respect the assumption for which returned clone of cloneMethod are instance of Object

Returns:

a copy of this instance.