content: /*
   *    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
   *    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
   *    the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
   *    (at your option) any later version.
   *
   *    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
   *    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
   *    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
   *    GNU General Public License for more details.
   *
   *    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
   *    along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
   *    Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
   */
  
  /*
   *    Copyable.java
   *    Copyright (C) 1999 University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand
   *
   */
  
  package weka.core;
  
  /**
   * Interface implemented by classes that can produce "shallow" copies
   * of their objects. (As opposed to clone(), which is supposed to
   * produce a "deep" copy.)
   *
   * @author Eibe Frank (eibe@cs.waikato.ac.nz)
   * @version $Revision: 5953 $
   */
  public interface Copyable {
  
    /**
     * This method produces a shallow copy of an object.
     * It does the same as the clone() method in Object, which also produces
     * a shallow copy.
     */
    Object copy();
  }
  