001/** 002 * TextReplicator.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.texts; 020 021import net.sf.jaccumulator.Replicator; 022 023/** 024 * A {@link Replicator replicator} for {@link String text} primitives 025 * 026 * @param <TEXT> 027 * the factory product 028 * @since JAccumulator 4.0 029 * @author Nicole Tedesco (<a 030 * href="mailto:Nicole@NicoleTedesco.com">Nicole@NicoleTedesco.com</a>) 031 */ 032public interface TextReplicator<TEXT extends TextReplicator<TEXT>> 033 extends 034 Replicator<TEXT> 035{ 036 /** 037 * Using this text as a factory, produce new text of the same type but 038 * initialized with the value specified 039 * 040 * @param aValue 041 * a new value 042 * @return a copy (clone) of this text initialized using the specified value 043 */ 044 public TEXT copyUsingText( final CharSequence aValue ); 045}