//******************************************************************************************************//  IImmutableObject.cs - Gbtc////  Copyright © 2016, Grid Protection Alliance.  All Rights Reserved.////  Licensed to the Grid Protection Alliance (GPA) under one or more contributor license agreements. See//  the NOTICE file distributed with this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.//  The GPA licenses this file to you under the Eclipse Public License -v 1.0 (the "License"); you may//  not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at:////      http://www.opensource.org/licenses/eclipse-1.0.php////  Unless agreed to in writing, the subject software distributed under the License is distributed on an//  "AS-IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. Refer to the//  License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations.////  Code Modification History://  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------//  10/24/2016 - Steven E. Chisholm//       Generated original version of source code. //       ////****************************************************************************************************** using System; namespace GSF.Immutable{    /// <summary>    /// Represents an object that can be configured as read only and thus made immutable.      /// </summary>    public interface IImmutableObject         : ICloneable    {        /// <summary>        /// Get/Sets if a class is readonly.  Once it has been set as readonly, it is immutable and must be cloned to me modified.        /// </summary>        bool IsReadOnly        {            get;            set;        }         /// <summary>        /// Makes a clone of this object and allows it to be edited.        /// </summary>        /// <returns></returns>        object CloneEditable();         /// <summary>        /// Makes a readonly clone of this object. Returns the same object if it is already marked as readonly.        /// </summary>        /// <returns></returns>        object CloneReadonly();    }    }