001package org.apache.commons.jcs3.engine.behavior;
002
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021
022/**
023 * This interface defines the behavior of the serialized element wrapper.
024 * <p>
025 * The value is stored as a byte array. This should allow for a variety of serialization mechanisms.
026 * </p>
027 * <p>
028 * This currently extends ICacheElement&lt;K, V&gt; for backward compatibility.
029 * </p>
030 */
031public interface ICacheElementSerialized<K, V>
032    extends ICacheElement<K, V>
033{
034    /**
035     * Gets the value attribute of the ICacheElementSerialized object. This is the value the client
036     * cached serialized by some mechanism.
037     *<p>
038     * @return The serialized value
039     */
040    byte[] getSerializedValue();
041}