1 /** 2 * Copyright (C) 2001-2002 3 * - France Telecom R&D 4 * - Laboratoire Logiciels, Systemes, Reseaux - UMR 5526, CNRS-INPG-UJF 5 * 6 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or 7 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public 8 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either 9 * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. 10 * 11 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, 12 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of 13 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU 14 * Lesser General Public License for more details. 15 * 16 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public 17 * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software 18 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA 19 * 20 * Release: 1.0 21 * 22 * Authors: 23 * 24 */ 25 26 package org.objectweb.perseus.cache.api; 27 28 /** 29 * Defines the interface for management of entries held in the cache. 30 * Every Cache has an internal table. Entries in such a table, 31 * must provide the methods defined by this interface. 32 * 33 * @author Luciano Garcia-Banuelos (Luciano.Garcia@imag.fr) 34 */ 35 public interface CacheEntry { 36 37 /** 38 * Gives access to the object within the cache entry. 39 **/ 40 Object getCeObject(); 41 42 /** 43 * Returns the object identifier associated to the object in the 44 * cache entry. 45 **/ 46 Object getCeIdentifier(); 47 } 48