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1   package org.apache.commons.jcs.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   * This currently extends ICacheElement&lt;K, V&gt; for backward compatibility.
28   *<p>
29   * @author Aaron Smuts
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  }