org.argouml.model.uml
Class CopyHelper

java.lang.Object
  org.argouml.model.uml.CopyHelper

public final class CopyHelper

extends java.lang.Object

Utility class to facilitate copying model elements.

Since:

0.13.2

Field Summary

protected static org.apache.log4j.Category

cat

Method Summary

ru.novosoft.uml.foundation.core.MModelElement	copy(ru.novosoft.uml.foundation.core.MModelElement element, ru.novosoft.uml.foundation.core.MNamespace ns) Make a copy of element.
static CopyHelper	getHelper()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

cat

protected static org.apache.log4j.Category cat

Method Detail

getHelper

public static CopyHelper getHelper()

copy

public ru.novosoft.uml.foundation.core.MModelElement copy(ru.novosoft.uml.foundation.core.MModelElement element,
                                                          ru.novosoft.uml.foundation.core.MNamespace ns)

Make a copy of element. This function may fail and return null for any of the following reasons: 1. No copy function is known for element's type. 2. The copy function fails or throws.

Parameters:

element - is the element to copy.

Returns:

a copy of element, or null.