jaxws/src/java.xml.ws/share/classes/com/sun/xml/internal/ws/api/pipe/TubeCloner.java

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package com.sun.xml.internal.ws.api.pipe;

import java.util.Map;

/**
 * Clones the whole pipeline.
 *
 * <p>
 * Since {@link Tube}s may form an arbitrary directed graph, someone needs
 * to keep track of isomorphism for a clone to happen correctly. This class
 * serves that role.
 *
 * @author Kohsuke Kawaguchi
 */
public abstract class TubeCloner {
    // Pipe to pipe, or tube to tube
    public final Map<Object,Object> master2copy;

    /**
     * Invoked by a client of a tube to clone the whole pipeline.
     *
     * <p>
     * {@link Tube}s implementing the {@link Tube#copy(com.sun.xml.internal.ws.api.pipe.TubeCloner)} method
     * shall use {@link #copy(Tube)} method.
     *
     * @param p
     *      The entry point of a pipeline to be copied. must not be null.
     * @return
     *      The cloned pipeline. Always non-null.
     */
    @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
        public static Tube clone(Tube p) {
        // we often want to downcast TubeCloner to PipeCloner,
        // so let's create PipeCloner to make that possible
        return new PipeClonerImpl().copy(p);
    }

    // no need to be constructed publicly. always use the static clone method.
    /*package*/ TubeCloner(Map<Object,Object> master2copy) {
        this.master2copy = master2copy;
    }

    /**
     * Invoked by a {@link Tube#copy(com.sun.xml.internal.ws.api.pipe.TubeCloner)} implementation
     * to copy a reference to another pipe.
     *
     * <p>
     * This method is for {@link Tube} implementations, not for users.
     *
     * <p>
     * If the given tube is already copied for this cloning episode,
     * this method simply returns that reference. Otherwise it copies
     * a tube, make a note, and returns a copied tube. This additional
     * step ensures that a graph is cloned isomorphically correctly.
     *
     * <p>
     * (Think about what happens when a graph is A->B, A->C, B->D, and C->D
     * if you don't have this step.)
     *
     * @param t
     *      The tube to be copied.
     * @return
     *      The cloned tube. Always non-null.
     */
        public abstract <T extends Tube> T copy(T t);

    /**
     * This method must be called from within the copy constructor
     * to notify that the copy was created.
     *
     * <p>
     * When your pipe has references to other pipes,
     * it's particularly important to call this method
     * before you start copying the pipes you refer to,
     * or else there's a chance of inifinite loop.
     */
    public abstract void add(Tube original, Tube copy);
}