--- a/artifact-database/src/main/java/de/intevation/artifactdatabase/data/DefaultStateData.java	Mon Aug 22 10:05:39 2011 +0000
+++ b/artifact-database/src/main/java/de/intevation/artifactdatabase/data/DefaultStateData.java	Tue Aug 23 10:54:38 2011 +0000
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
     /** The value. */
     protected Object value;
 
+    public DefaultStateData() {
+    }
 
     /**
      * The default constructor. It creates empty StateData objects with no
@@ -40,6 +42,13 @@
         this.type        = type;
     }
 
+    public void set(StateData other) {
+        name        = other.getName();
+        description = other.getDescription();
+        type        = other.getType();
+        value       = other.getValue();
+    }
+
 
     /**
      * A constructor that takes the name of the data, its value and the
@@ -111,5 +120,12 @@
     public void setValue(Object value) {
         this.value = value;
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public StateData deepCopy() {
+        DefaultStateData copy = new DefaultStateData();
+        copy.set(this);
+        return copy;
+    }
 }
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