X-Git-Url: https://dev.e-taxonomy.eu/gitweb/cdmlib.git/blobdiff_plain/53befb32ea439e042d7f5e2abecb4d4939417829..9ec690ddabcb4b7253052320cc18ac463629aa01:/cdmlib-model/src/main/java/eu/etaxonomy/cdm/model/agent/InstitutionalMembership.java

diff --git a/cdmlib-model/src/main/java/eu/etaxonomy/cdm/model/agent/InstitutionalMembership.java b/cdmlib-model/src/main/java/eu/etaxonomy/cdm/model/agent/InstitutionalMembership.java
index c72a049c24..6fccb6c9d5 100644
--- a/cdmlib-model/src/main/java/eu/etaxonomy/cdm/model/agent/InstitutionalMembership.java
+++ b/cdmlib-model/src/main/java/eu/etaxonomy/cdm/model/agent/InstitutionalMembership.java
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ import eu.etaxonomy.cdm.model.common.VersionableEntity;
 @XmlRootElement(name = "InstitutionalMembership")
 @Entity
 @Audited
-public class InstitutionalMembership extends VersionableEntity {
+public class InstitutionalMembership extends VersionableEntity implements Cloneable{
 	private static final long serialVersionUID = -800814712134999042L;
 	public static final Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(InstitutionalMembership.class);
 	
@@ -205,4 +205,26 @@ public class InstitutionalMembership extends VersionableEntity {
 	public void setRole(String role){
 		this.role = role;
 	}
+	
+//*********************** CLONE ********************************************************/
+	
+	/** 
+	 * Clones <i>this</i> InstitutionalMembership. This is a shortcut that enables to create
+	 * a new instance that differs only slightly from <i>this</i> InstitutionalMembership.
+	 *  
+	 * @see eu.etaxonomy.cdm.model.common.VersionableEntity
+	 * @see java.lang.Object#clone()
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public Object clone() {
+		try{
+			InstitutionalMembership result = (InstitutionalMembership) super.clone();
+			//no changes to department, institute, period, person, role
+			return result;
+		}catch (CloneNotSupportedException e){
+			logger.warn("Object does not implement cloneable");
+			e.printStackTrace();
+			return null;
+		}
+	}
 }
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