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018    package edu.tum.cs.commons.clone;
019    
020    /**
021     * Interface for classes that are deep cloneable, i.e. that can be duplicated
022     * and recursively deep clone all field values.
023     * 
024     * @author Florian Deissenboeck
025     * @author $Author: juergens $
026     * 
027     * @version $Rev: 26283 $
028     * @levd.rating GREEN Hash: FD7BD0FF3B40D49D4EE6395EDF420A28
029     */
030    public interface IDeepCloneable {
031    
032            /**
033             * Deep clone of this object.
034             * 
035             * @throws DeepCloneException
036             *             if problems during cloning occured.
037             */
038            public IDeepCloneable deepClone() throws DeepCloneException;
039    }