ModelItemCloner.java

/**
 * Copyright (C) 2015 Orange
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
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 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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 */
package com.francetelecom.clara.cloud.deployment.technical.service;

/**
 * Persistent Object duplication factory. Takes a complete detached Object, and
 * create a transient detached copy - adjsting name with a prefix (all
 * ModelItemName) to avoid unique constraint conflict - resetting id and version
 * 
 * 
 * @author APOG7416
 * 
 */
public interface ModelItemCloner<T> {

	/**
	 * duplicates the original TechnicalDeployment prefix all ModelItem.name
	 * with the supplied prefix
	 * 
	 * @param original
	 * @return
	 */
	T deepCopy(T original);

}