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author | David Hook <dgh@cryptoworkshop.com> | 2013-05-31 11:07:45 +0400 |
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committer | David Hook <dgh@cryptoworkshop.com> | 2013-05-31 11:07:45 +0400 |
commit | 2b976f5364cfdbc37d3086019d93483c983eb80b (patch) | |
tree | cb846af3fd1d43f9c2562a1fb2d06b997ad8f229 /core/src/main/java/org/bouncycastle/util/Memoable.java | |
parent | 5f714bd92fbd780d22406f4bc3681be005f6f04a (diff) |
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diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/bouncycastle/util/Memoable.java b/core/src/main/java/org/bouncycastle/util/Memoable.java new file mode 100644 index 00000000..0be91711 --- /dev/null +++ b/core/src/main/java/org/bouncycastle/util/Memoable.java @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@ +package org.bouncycastle.util; + +public interface Memoable +{ + /** + * Produce a copy of this object with its configuration and in its current state. + * <p/> + * The returned object may be used simply to store the state, or may be used as a similar object + * starting from the copied state. + */ + public Memoable copy(); + + /** + * Restore a copied object state into this object. + * <p/> + * Implementations of this method <em>should</em> try to avoid or minimise memory allocation to perform the reset. + * + * @param other an object originally {@link #copy() copied} from an object of the same type as this instance. + * @throws ClassCastException if the provided object is not of the correct type. + * @throws MemoableResetException if the <b>other</b> parameter is in some other way invalid. + */ + public void reset(Memoable other); +} |