net.sf.mmm.util.transferobject.api

Interface TransferObjectUtilLimited

All Known Subinterfaces:

TransferObjectUtil

All Known Implementing Classes:

TransferObjectUtilImpl, TransferObjectUtilLimitedImpl

@ComponentSpecification
public interface TransferObjectUtilLimited

This is a limited subset of TransferObjectUtil that is GWT compatible.

Since:

3.1.0

Author:

Joerg Hohwiller (hohwille at users.sourceforge.net)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
<TO extends AbstractTransferObject> TO	clone(TO template) This method creates a clone of the AbstractTransferObject given as template.
<TO extends AbstractTransferObject> TO	newInstance(TO template) This method creates a new instance of the AbstractTransferObject given as template.

Method Detail

clone

<TO extends AbstractTransferObject> TO clone(TO template)

This method creates a clone of the AbstractTransferObject given as template. It should create a deep-copy that does NOT contain references to the original template objects so that modifications of the returned object will NOT have side-effects on the original template object(s).

Type Parameters:

TO - is the generic type of the AbstractTransferObject.

Parameters:

template - is the AbstractTransferObject to clone. Must NOT be null.

Returns:

a new instance with the same type as the given template.

newInstance

<TO extends AbstractTransferObject> TO newInstance(TO template)

This method creates a new instance of the AbstractTransferObject given as template. A simple implementation my just return template.getClass().newInstance(). However, an implementation may also be generated to be GWT compatible.

Type Parameters:

TO - is the generic type of the AbstractTransferObject.

Parameters:

template - is the AbstractTransferObject to create a new instance of. Must NOT be null.

Returns:

a new instance with the same type as the given template.