/*
* Copyright (c) 2005-2016 Vincent Vandenschrick. All rights reserved.
*
* This file is part of the Jspresso framework.
*
* Jspresso is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
* the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
* (at your option) any later version.
*
* Jspresso is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
* GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
* along with Jspresso. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
*/
package org.jspresso.framework.model.entity;
import org.jspresso.framework.model.component.IComponent;
/**
* A factory to clone entities.
*
* @author Vincent Vandenschrick
*/
public interface IEntityCloneFactory {
/**
* Clones a component.
*
* @param <E>
* the component contract (class or interface) to clone.
* @param componentToClone
* the component to clone.
* @param entityFactory
* the entity factory to use to create new entities.
* @return the cloned component.
*/
<E extends IComponent> E cloneComponent(E componentToClone,
IEntityFactory entityFactory);
/**
* Clones an entity.
*
* @param <E>
* the entity contract (class or interface) to clone.
* @param entityToClone
* the entity to clone.
* @param entityFactory
* the entity factory to use to create the new entities.
* @return the cloned entity.
*/
<E extends IEntity> E cloneEntity(E entityToClone,
IEntityFactory entityFactory);
}