net.sf.collections15.functors.transformer
Class CloneTransformer<E>

java.lang.Object
  net.sf.collections15.functors.transformer.CloneTransformer<E>

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, Transformer<E,E>

public class CloneTransformer<E>
extends java.lang.Object
implements Transformer<E,E>, java.io.Serializable

Transformer implementation that returns a clone of the input object.

Clone is performed using the PrototypeFactory class.

Since:

Collections15 1.0

Author:

Stephen Colebourne, Chris Lambrou (port to Java 5.0)

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

protected

CloneTransformer() Creates a new instance.

Method Summary

static <E> CloneTransformer<E>	getInstance() Returns a new CloneTransformer instance.
E	transform(E input) Transforms the input object, producing a clone of it.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

CloneTransformer

protected CloneTransformer()

Creates a new instance.

Method Detail

getInstance

public static <E> CloneTransformer<E> getInstance()

Returns a new CloneTransformer instance.

Returns:

A new CloneTransformer instance.

Since:

Collections15 1.0

transform

public E transform(E input)

Transforms the input object, producing a clone of it. The cloning is implemented by PrototypeFactory.getInstance(T).

Specified by:

transform in interface Transformer<E,E>

Parameters:

input - The input object to transform.

Returns:

A clone of the input object.

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - If a Factory cannot be created that is capable of creating a copy of the input object. See the PrototypeFactory class description for details on the methods used to clone the input object.