//
// Copyright (C) 2008 United States Government as represented by the
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//
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package gov.nasa.jpf.util;
/**
* this is a helper to enable deep copy of generic containers, where the
* element types are generic type parameters and therefore can't be
* created via ctor or clone. In this case, we have to pass in a cloner
* object that knows about the concrete element types
*/
public interface Cloner<E> {
E clone (E other);
}