org.vfny.geoserver.global.dto
Interface DataTransferObject

All Superinterfaces:

java.lang.Cloneable

All Known Implementing Classes:

AttributeTypeInfoDTO, ContactDTO, DataDTO, DataStoreInfoDTO, FeatureTypeInfoDTO, GeoServerDTO, NameSpaceInfoDTO, ServiceDTO, StyleDTO, WFSDTO, WMSDTO

public interface DataTransferObject

extends java.lang.Cloneable

Marker used to indicate a public "Deep Copy" clone implementation.

This is intended to be used to provide a known interface for data structures to recursively clone or test equality through data structures such as Maps or Lists.

See Also:

Map, List

Method Summary

java.lang.Object	clone() Implement clone as a Deep Copy.
boolean	equals(java.lang.Object other) Compares the equality of the two objects.
int	hashCode() DOCUMENT ME!

Method Detail

clone

public java.lang.Object clone()

Implement clone as a Deep Copy.

Create a clone of this object and return it.

Returns:

A new DataStructure which is a copy of this DataStructure.

See Also:

Object.clone()

equals

public boolean equals(java.lang.Object other)

Compares the equality of the two objects.

Returns:

true when the objects are the same.

See Also:

Object.equals(java.lang.Object)

hashCode

public int hashCode()

DOCUMENT ME!

Returns:

hasCode for this Object

See Also:

Object.hashCode()