1 /*
2 * Copyright 2007, 2008, 2009 Ange Optimization ApS
3 *
4 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
5 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
6 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
7 *
8 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
9 *
10 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
11 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
12 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
13 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
14 * limitations under the License.
15 */
16 package eu.simuline.octave.type;
17
18 /**
19 * Common interface for the octave objects.
20 */
21 public interface OctaveObject {
22
23 /**
24 * Make a shallow copy of this object.
25 *
26 * In general when an {@link OctaveObject} is returned from a getter,
27 * e.g. on {@link OctaveStruct} or {@link OctaveStruct},
28 * a shallow copy is returned in order to follow the way octave behaves.
29 * This method is used to make that copy.
30 *
31 * @return a shallow copy of this
32 */
33 OctaveObject shallowCopy();
34
35 }