PersistentObject (Oxygen XML API)

All Superinterfaces:

java.lang.Cloneable, java.io.Serializable

All Known Subinterfaces:

EditorTemplate, EditorTemplateWithContent, ExternalPersistentObject

All Known Implementing Classes:

ProfileConditionGroupPO, ProfileConditionInfoPO, ProfileConditionsSetInfoPO, ProfileConditionValuePO, ProfilingAttributesPresentingColorsPO, ProfilingAttributeStylePO, SimpleListOfStringsExternalPersistentObject
```
@API(type=EXTENDABLE,
     src=PRIVATE)
public interface PersistentObject
extends java.io.Serializable, java.lang.Cloneable
```
Defines an object that can be stored in the options. It has to be a simple object, containing only primitive types, other PersistentObjects, or arrays of these types or classes from the java.lang, except the Object class.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`checkValid()`	Check if object is valid to be used.
`java.lang.Object`	`clone()`	Forces all the persistent objects to be cloneable.
`java.lang.String[]`	`getNotPersistentFieldNames()`

- Method Detail
  - checkValid
```
void checkValid()
         throws InvalidPersistentObjException
```
    Check if object is valid to be used. Method is called after it is deserialized from options. If not then throw an InvalidPersistentObjException exception.
    
    Throws:
    
    InvalidPersistentObjException - Thrown when instance is not valid.
  - getNotPersistentFieldNames
```
java.lang.String[] getNotPersistentFieldNames()
```
    Returns:
    
    The names of the field from this object which should not be serialized.
  - clone
```
java.lang.Object clone()
```
    Forces all the persistent objects to be cloneable.
    
    Returns:
    
    A clone of this object. The clone and the original are disjunct. They share only immutable objects, like Strings, Integers, etc.