cassandra-trunk/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/utils/memory/Cloner.java
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package org.apache.cassandra.utils.memory;

import org.apache.cassandra.db.Clustering;
import org.apache.cassandra.db.DecoratedKey;
import org.apache.cassandra.db.rows.Cell;

/**
 * Allow cloning of partition elements
 *
 */
public interface Cloner
{
    /**
     * Clones the specified key.
     *
     * @param key the key to clone
     * @return the cloned key
     */
    DecoratedKey clone(DecoratedKey key);

    /**
     * Clones the specified clustering.
     *
     * @param clustering the clustering to clone
     * @return the cloned clustering
     */
    Clustering<?> clone(Clustering<?> clustering);

    /**
     * Clones the specified cell.
     *
     * @param cell the cell to clone
     * @return the cloned cell
     */
    Cell<?> clone(Cell<?> cell);
}