CopyableMetaData (IronJacamar: Common API 1.5.3.Final API)

All Superinterfaces:

Cloneable

All Known Subinterfaces:

Activationspec, AdminObject, AuthenticationMechanism, ConfigProperty, ConnectionDefinition, Connector, Icon, InboundResourceAdapter, LicenseType, Messageadapter, MessageListener, OutboundResourceAdapter, RequiredConfigProperty, ResourceAdapter, SecurityPermission

All Known Implementing Classes:

LocalizedXsdString, XsdString
```
public interface CopyableMetaData
extends Cloneable
```
A CopyableMetaData. This interface force implementors to override copy() method. On the presence of this method are based some assumption to use generics during clone deep into the metadatas members.

Author:

Stefano Maestri

- Method Summary
  
  All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
  Modifier and Type Method Description
  
  CopyableMetaData copy()
  Creates and returns a copy of this object.

- Method Detail
  - copy
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CopyableMetaData copy()
```
    Creates and returns a copy of this object. Ther copy is done in deep of all elements. It isn't formally a clone of the instance since it does not respect the assumption for which returned clone of cloneMethod are instance of Object
    
    Returns:
    
    a copy of this instance.