| /******************************************************************************* |
| * Copyright (c) 2011-2016 EclipseSource Muenchen GmbH and others. |
| * |
| * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials |
| * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 |
| * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at |
| * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html |
| * |
| * Contributors: |
| * Edgar Mueller - initial API and implementation |
| ******************************************************************************/ |
| package org.eclipse.emf.emfstore.client.util; |
| |
| import org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EObject; |
| import org.eclipse.emf.ecore.util.EcoreUtil; |
| |
| /** |
| * An interface that enables to specify a different copy behavior |
| * than standard {@link EcoreUtil#copy(EObject)}. |
| * The copy of an {@link EObject} should be self-contained, if possible, i.e. |
| * there should be no references pointing outside the copied containment tree. |
| * |
| * @since 1.9 |
| * |
| */ |
| public interface ESCopier { |
| |
| /** |
| * Whether this copier wants to copy the given {@link EObject}. |
| * |
| * @param eObject the {@link EObject} to be copied |
| * @return an integer that specifies how critical it is that the copier handles the given |
| * object. The copier that specifies the highest priority will be used to copy the object. |
| */ |
| int shouldHandle(EObject eObject); |
| |
| /** |
| * Copy the given {@link EObject}. |
| * |
| * @param eObject the {@link EObject} to be copied |
| * @return the copied {@link EObject} |
| */ |
| EObject copy(EObject eObject); |
| |
| } |
