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package com.rabbitmq.utility;
/**
* This interface exists as a workaround for the annoyingness of java.lang.Cloneable.
* It is used for generic methods which need to accept something they can actually clone
* (Object.clone is protected and java.lang.Cloneable does not define a public clone method)
* and want to provide some guarantees of the type of the cloned object.
*/
public interface SensibleClone<T extends SensibleClone<T>> extends Cloneable {
/**
* Like Object.clone but sensible; in particular, public and declared to return
* the right type.
*/
public T sensibleClone();
}