001    package org.apache.ojb.otm.copy;
002    
003    /* Copyright 2003-2005 The Apache Software Foundation
004     *
005     * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
006     * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
007     * You may obtain a copy of the License at
008     *
009     *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
010     *
011     * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
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013     * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
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016     */
017    
018    import org.apache.ojb.broker.PersistenceBroker;
019    
020    public interface ObjectCopyStrategy
021    {
022    
023        /**
024         *
025         * Make a copy of the given object
026         *
027         * @param obj object to be copied
028         * @return Object the copy of the object
029         */
030        public Object copy(Object obj, PersistenceBroker broker);
031    
032    }