Method Detail

• copy

  Memoable copy()

  Produce a copy of this object with its configuration and in its current state.

  The returned object may be used simply to store the state, or may be used as a similar object starting from the copied state.

  Returns:

  a copy of this object

• reset

  void reset(Memoable other)

  Restore a copied object state into this object.

  Implementations of this method should try to avoid or minimise memory allocation to perform the reset.

  Parameters:

  other - an object originally copied from an object of the same type as this instance.

  Throws:

  ClassCastException - if the provided object is not of the correct type.