1 package org.apache.commons.jcs3.engine.behavior;
2
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21
22 /**
23 * This interface defines the behavior of the serialized element wrapper.
24 * <p>
25 * The value is stored as a byte array. This should allow for a variety of serialization mechanisms.
26 * </p>
27 * <p>
28 * This currently extends ICacheElement<K, V> for backward compatibility.
29 * </p>
30 */
31 public interface ICacheElementSerialized<K, V>
32 extends ICacheElement<K, V>
33 {
34 /**
35 * Gets the value attribute of the ICacheElementSerialized object. This is the value the client
36 * cached serialized by some mechanism.
37 *<p>
38 * @return The serialized value
39 */
40 byte[] getSerializedValue();
41 }