From 6eff31f3fcd653d54e56ad6fbf6ccd552dfcf11e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jonathan Guiang <jkguiang@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2024 10:48:59 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] added virtual clone function to Cut

---
 src/cutflow.cc | 5 +++++
 src/cutflow.h  | 7 +++++++
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/cutflow.cc b/src/cutflow.cc
index 897e5d6..0cdf5c6 100755
--- a/src/cutflow.cc
+++ b/src/cutflow.cc
@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@ Cut::Cut(std::string new_name)
 
 Cut::~Cut() {}
 
+virtual Cut* Cut::clone(std::string new_name)
+{
+    return new Cut(new_name);
+}
+
 void Cut::print()
 {
     std::cout << "---- " << name << " ----" << std::endl;
diff --git a/src/cutflow.h b/src/cutflow.h
index 0b2e390..aad5ca5 100755
--- a/src/cutflow.h
+++ b/src/cutflow.h
@@ -56,6 +56,13 @@ class Cut
      */
     virtual ~Cut();
 
+    /**
+     * Create a copy of this cut object
+     * @param new_name name of cut copy
+     * @return pointer to a copy of this cut object
+     */
+    virtual Cut* clone(std::string new_name);
+
     /**
      * Print cut object properties
      * @return none