/*
 * @(#)ObjectCopier.java	1.4 03/12/19
 *
 * Copyright 2004 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
 * SUN PROPRIETARY/CONFIDENTIAL. Use is subject to license terms.
 */

package com.sun.corba.se.spi.copyobject ;

/** Provides an interface for a variety of means to copy an arbitrary 
 * object.  Any implementation of this interface must return an exact
 * copy of obj, preserving all aliasing across all objects reachable 
 * from obj.  ReflectiveCopyException must be thrown if the implementation
 * cannot copy obj for some reason.  Note that a trivial implementation
 * of this interface is possible (always return obj), but this is often
 * not the desired implementation.
 */
public interface ObjectCopier {
    Object copy( Object obj ) throws ReflectiveCopyException ;
}