net.jini.core.entry

Interface CloneableEntry

All Superinterfaces:

Cloneable, Entry, Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractEntry

public interface CloneableEntry
extends Entry, Cloneable

Required by service utilities to avoid sharing internal state. All cloned instances should be deep copies.

Since:

3.0.0

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Entry	clone() Clone has been implemented in AbstractEntry to allow utilities such as ServiceDiscoveryManager to avoid sharing internally stored mutable Entry instances with client code.

Method Detail

clone

Entry clone()

Clone has been implemented in AbstractEntry to allow utilities such as ServiceDiscoveryManager to avoid sharing internally stored mutable Entry instances with client code. Entry's that have mutable fields, for example arrays or collections, should override this method, call super.clone(), then safely copy any mutable fields before returning the Entry clone.

Returns:

a clone of the original Entry

Since:

3.0.0