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+// Copyright 2017 Yahoo Holdings. Licensed under the terms of the Apache 2.0 license. See LICENSE in the project root.
+package com.yahoo.processing.request.properties;
+
+/**
+ * This interface publicly exposes the clone method.
+ * Classes which are used in request properties may implement this to allow faster cloning of the request.
+ *
+ * @author bratseth
+ * @since  5.66
+ */
+public interface PublicCloneable<T> extends Cloneable {
+
+    public T clone();
+
+}