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namespace Lucene.Net.Support
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Contract to ensure and object has <see cref="Clone()"/> method.
    /// </summary>
    /// <remarks>
    ///     <note>
    ///        <para>
    ///             <b>C# File: </b> <a href="https://github.com/wickedsoftware/lucene.net/tree/lucene-net-4/src/Lucene.Net/Support/ICloneable.cs">
    ///              src/Lucene.Net/Support/ICloneable.cs
    ///             </a>
    ///         </para>
    ///     </note>
    /// </remarks>
    public interface ICloneable
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Creates a clone of the object, generally shallow.
        /// </summary>
        /// <returns>an the clone of the current instance.</returns>
        object Clone();
    }
}