--- branches/1.0-gt2-2.6/src/skrueger/AttributeMetaData.java	2009/08/26 15:32:54	325
+++ branches/1.0-gt2-2.6/src/skrueger/AttributeMetaData.java	2009/10/01 20:22:48	420
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 
 import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
 
+import skrueger.geotools.Copyable;
 import skrueger.geotools.StyledLayerInterface;
 import skrueger.i8n.Translation;
 
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@
  *
  * @author <a href="mailto:skpublic@wikisquare.de">Stefan Alfons Kr&uuml;ger</a>
  */
-public class AttributeMetaData {
+public class AttributeMetaData implements Copyable<AttributeMetaData>{
 	static private final Logger LOGGER = Logger
 			.getLogger(AttributeMetaData.class);
 	protected Translation title = new Translation();
@@ -48,7 +49,7 @@
 	protected boolean visible = false;
 	protected String unit = "";
 	protected int colIdx;
-
+	
 	/**
 	 * Creates an {@link AttributeMetaData} object with the following information
 	 * @param colIdx The column index of this attribute in the underlying table/dbf/etc...
@@ -78,7 +79,11 @@
 		this(col, true, new Translation(defaultName), new Translation(), "");
 	}
 
-	public Boolean isVisible() {
+	/** Only used for {@link Copyable<AttributeMetaData>#copy()}**/
+	private AttributeMetaData() {
+	}
+
+	public boolean isVisible() {
 		return visible;
 	}
 
@@ -114,4 +119,31 @@
 	public void setUnit(final String unit) {
 		this.unit = unit;
 	}
+
+	@Override
+	public AttributeMetaData copyTo(AttributeMetaData amd) {
+		getTitle().copyTo(amd.getTitle());
+		getDesc().copyTo(amd.getDesc());
+		amd.setUnit(getUnit());
+		amd.setVisible(isVisible());
+		amd.setColIdx(getColIdx());
+		
+		return amd;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public AttributeMetaData copy() {
+		AttributeMetaData amd = new AttributeMetaData();
+		getTitle().copyTo(amd.getTitle());
+		getDesc().copyTo(amd.getDesc());
+		amd.setUnit(getUnit());
+		amd.setVisible(isVisible());
+		amd.setColIdx(getColIdx());
+		
+		return amd;
+	}
+
+	private void setColIdx(int colIdx_) {
+		colIdx = colIdx_;
+	}
 }