org.apache.jcs.engine.behavior
Interface ICacheElementSerialized<K extends Serializable,V extends Serializable>

All Superinterfaces:

ICacheElement<K,V>, Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

CacheElementSerialized

public interface ICacheElementSerialized<K extends Serializable,V extends Serializable>
extends ICacheElement<K,V>

This interface defines the behavior of the serialized element wrapper.

The value is stored as a byte array. This should allow for a variety of serialization mechanisms.

This currently extends ICacheElement for backward compatibility.

Author:

Aaron Smuts

getCacheName

String getCacheName()

Gets the cacheName attribute of the ICacheElement object. The cacheName is also known as the region name.

Specified by:

getCacheName in interface ICacheElement<K extends Serializable,V extends Serializable>

Returns:

The cacheName value

getKey

K getKey()

Gets the key attribute of the ICacheElementSerialized object. This is the standard key that the value can be reference by.

Specified by:

getKey in interface ICacheElement<K extends Serializable,V extends Serializable>

Returns:

The key value

getSerializedValue

byte[] getSerializedValue()

Gets the value attribute of the ICacheElementSerialized object. This is the value the client cached serialized by some mechanism.

Returns:

The serialized value

getElementAttributes

IElementAttributes getElementAttributes()

Gets the attributes attribute of the ICacheElement object

Specified by:

getElementAttributes in interface ICacheElement<K extends Serializable,V extends Serializable>

Returns:

The attributes value

setElementAttributes

void setElementAttributes(IElementAttributes attr)

Sets the attributes attribute of the ICacheElement object

Specified by:

setElementAttributes in interface ICacheElement<K extends Serializable,V extends Serializable>

Parameters:

attr - The new attributes value