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  package org.apache.cassandra.utils.memory;
  
  import org.apache.cassandra.db.Clustering;
  import org.apache.cassandra.db.DecoratedKey;
  import org.apache.cassandra.db.rows.Cell;
  
  /**
   * Allow cloning of partition elements
   *
   */
  public interface Cloner
  {
      /**
       * Clones the specified key.
       *
       * @param key the key to clone
       * @return the cloned key
       */
      DecoratedKey clone(DecoratedKey key);
  
      /**
       * Clones the specified clustering.
       *
       * @param clustering the clustering to clone
       * @return the cloned clustering
       */
      Clustering<?> clone(Clustering<?> clustering);
  
      /**
       * Clones the specified cell.
       *
       * @param cell the cell to clone
       * @return the cloned cell
       */
      Cell<?> clone(Cell<?> cell);
  }