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/*******************************************************************************
* Copyright (c) 2013 Oracle. All rights reserved.
* This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
* terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0, which accompanies this distribution
* and is available at https://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0/.
*
* Contributors:
* Oracle - initial API and implementation
******************************************************************************/
package org.eclipse.jpt.common.utility.internal.factory;
import org.eclipse.jpt.common.utility.factory.Factory;
import org.eclipse.jpt.common.utility.internal.ObjectTools;
/**
* A factory that will clone (via reflection) a configured prototype.
* @param <T> the type of the object returned by the factory
* @see Cloneable
* @see Object#clone()
*/
public class CloneFactory<T extends Cloneable>
implements Factory<T>
{
private final T prototype;
public CloneFactory(T prototype) {
super();
if (prototype == null) {
throw new NullPointerException();
}
this.prototype = prototype;
}
/**
* Clone the prototype via reflection.
*/
@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
public T create() {
return (T) ObjectTools.execute(this.prototype, "clone"); //$NON-NLS-1$
}
@Override
public String toString() {
return ObjectTools.toString(this, this.prototype);
}
}
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