org.opengis.util
Interface Cloneable

All Superinterfaces:

Cloneable

All Known Subinterfaces:

CovarianceMatrix, DirectPosition, GeneralParameterValue, Matrix, ParameterValue, ParameterValueGroup

public interface Cloneable

extends Cloneable

Indicates that it is legal to make a field-for-field copy of instances of implementing classes. A cloneable class implements the J2SE's Cloneable standard interface and additionnaly overrides the Object.clone() method with public access.

Version:

2.0

Author:

OpenGIS® consortium

See Also:

Cloneable, "Cloneable doesn't define clone()" on Sun's bug parade

Method Summary

Object

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

Method Detail

clone

Object clone()

Creates and returns a copy of this object. The precise meaning of "copy" may depend on the class of the object.

Returns:

A clone of this instance.

See Also:

Object.clone()