1. /*

  2.  * @(#)ObjectCopier.java	1.4 03/12/19

  3.  *

  4.  * Copyright 2004 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.

  5.  * SUN PROPRIETARY/CONFIDENTIAL. Use is subject to license terms.

  6.  */

  7. 

  8. package com.sun.corba.se.spi.copyobject ;

  9. 

  10. /** Provides an interface for a variety of means to copy an arbitrary 

  11.  * object.  Any implementation of this interface must return an exact

  12.  * copy of obj, preserving all aliasing across all objects reachable 

  13.  * from obj.  ReflectiveCopyException must be thrown if the implementation

  14.  * cannot copy obj for some reason.  Note that a trivial implementation

  15.  * of this interface is possible (always return obj), but this is often

  16.  * not the desired implementation.

  17.  */

  18. public interface ObjectCopier {

  19.     Object copy( Object obj ) throws ReflectiveCopyException ;

  20. }