/*
* FindBugs - Find bugs in Java programs
* Copyright (C) 2005 Dave Brosius
* Copyright (C) 2005 University of Maryland
*
* This library 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 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
*
* This library 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 this library; if not, write to the Free Software
* Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
*/
package edu.umd.cs.findbugs;
/**
* is a marker interface for detectors that don't save state from one
* class file to the next.
*
* If a detector implements this interface, a clone will be generated for each element it is applied to.
*
* The idea of using this interface is questionable. Better for people writing
* stateless detectors to just not keep around state they don't need, rather than
* depending on cloning and garbage collection.
*
*/
public interface StatelessDetector extends Cloneable
{
public Object clone() throws CloneNotSupportedException;
}