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997 B
Java
27 lines
997 B
Java
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package org.bouncycastle.util;
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/**
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* Interface for Memoable objects. Memoable objects allow the taking of a snapshot of their internal state
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* via the copy() method and then resetting the object back to that state later using the reset() method.
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*/
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public interface Memoable
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{
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/**
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* Produce a copy of this object with its configuration and in its current state.
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* <p>
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* The returned object may be used simply to store the state, or may be used as a similar object
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* starting from the copied state.
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*/
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Memoable copy();
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/**
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* Restore a copied object state into this object.
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* <p>
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* Implementations of this method <em>should</em> try to avoid or minimise memory allocation to perform the reset.
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*
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* @param other an object originally {@link #copy() copied} from an object of the same type as this instance.
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* @throws ClassCastException if the provided object is not of the correct type.
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*/
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void reset(Memoable other);
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}
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