/**
* Generates a new Descriptor Object sharing none of the references of the original but containing
* identical data.
*
* @return new Descriptor initialized with this Descriptor's data
*/
public Object clone() {
DescAggregate temp;
try {
temp = new DescAggregate(getCategory());
} catch (BadDataException bdx) {
throw new IllegalStateException(bdx.getMessage());
}
temp.setName(getName());
temp.attributes = new Attribute[attributes.length];
for (int i = 0; i < attributes.length; i++)
temp.attributes[i] = (Attribute) attributes[i].clone();
temp.idList = (TreeSet) idList.clone();
temp.span = (span == null) ? null : (FrameSpan) span.clone();
return temp;
}
/** @inheritDoc */
public Descriptor crop(FrameSpan span) {
span.intersectWith(this.span);
DescAggregate copy;
try {
copy = new DescAggregate(getCategory());
} catch (BadDataException bdx) {
throw new IllegalStateException(bdx.getMessage());
}
copy.setName(getName());
copy.attributes = new Attribute[attributes.length];
for (int i = 0; i < attributes.length; i++) {
copy.attributes[i] = attributes[i].crop(span, this.span);
}
copy.idList = (TreeSet) idList.clone();
copy.span = span;
return copy;
}