#ifndef SimTK_CLONABLE_H_
#define SimTK_CLONABLE_H_

/* -------------------------------------------------------------------------- *
 *                      SimTK Core: SimTK Molmodel                            *
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 * This is part of the SimTK Core biosimulation toolkit originating from      *
 * Simbios, the NIH National Center for Physics-Based Simulation of           *
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 * Authors: Christopher Bruns                                                 *
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// Basic functionality for memory management of objects with
// potentially hidden implementations

namespace SimTK {

// The Clonable class is for use on the library side only.  Because it
// has a virtual function table, it is not suitable for crossing
// the library:client API layer.
class Clonable {
public:
    virtual ~Clonable() {};
    virtual Clonable* clone() const = 0;
private:
    // don't permit assignment among all derived classes
    Clonable& operator=(const Clonable &); 
};

}

#endif /* SimTK_CLONABLE_H_ */
