/**
* Creates a Factory that will return a clone of the same prototype object
* each time the factory is used. The prototype will be cloned using one of these
* techniques (in order):
* <ul>
* <li>public clone method
* <li>public copy constructor
* <li>serialization clone
* <ul>
*
* @see org.apache.commons.collections.functors.PrototypeFactory
*
* @param prototype the object to clone each time in the factory
* @return the <code>prototype</code> factory
* @throws IllegalArgumentException if the prototype is null
* @throws IllegalArgumentException if the prototype cannot be cloned
*/
public static Factory prototypeFactory(Object prototype)
{
return(PrototypeFactory.getInstance(prototype));
}
