com.tensegrity.graph.model
Interface EdgeInfo

public interface EdgeInfo

Tag interface that indicates that an implementation class holds additional information.

Version:

$Id: EdgeInfo.java,v 1.5 2003/04/08 11:18:30 sr Exp $

Author:

S. Rutz

See Also:

Edge, Graph

Method Summary

EdgeInfo

deepCopy(Edge destination) Must provide a method that makes a deep copy of the EdgeInfo for deep-copies of Graphs.

Method Detail

deepCopy

public EdgeInfo deepCopy(Edge destination)

Must provide a method that makes a deep copy of the EdgeInfo for deep-copies of Graphs.

Parameters:

destination - the object where the copied info is stored. This object is the object that invokes deepCopy(com.tensegrity.graph.model.Edge) on the EdgeInfo recursively in its own deepCopy(com.tensegrity.graph.model.Edge) method. The destination object is deep copied first before the deepCopy(com.tensegrity.graph.model.Edge) method on the info object is invoked.

Returns:

a deep copy of this EdgeInfo. Returning "this" is making a shallow copy. You can do so on purpose. It is even the preferred way if the EdgeInfo has all of its fields declared final.