001/** 002 * Replicator.java 003 * 004 * Copyright (c) 2004-2012, Nicole C. Tedesco. All rights reserved. 005 * 006 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 007 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 008 * You may obtain a copy of the License at: 009 * 010 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 011 * 012 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 013 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 014 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 015 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 016 * limitations under the License. 017 */ 018 019package net.sf.jaccumulator; 020 021/** 022 * Possesses the ability to produce other objects like itself 023 * 024 * @param <PRODUCT> 025 * the factory product 026 * @since JAccumulator 4.0 027 * @author Nicole Tedesco (<a 028 * href="mailto:Nicole@NicoleTedesco.com">Nicole@NicoleTedesco.com</a>) 029 */ 030public interface Replicator<PRODUCT extends Replicator<PRODUCT>> 031{ 032 /** 033 * Produce a replica of this object 034 * 035 * @return a replica of this object 036 */ 037 public PRODUCT copy(); 038}