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19 package org.openharmonise.commons.cache;
20
21 /**
22  * Interface to be implemented by classes whose instances can be depended
23  * upon if cached, i.e. if an instance is cached it will remain in the
24  * cache and so another object can safely hold on to it in the knowledge
25  * that it is the cached version.
26  *
27  *
28  * @author Michael Bell
29  * @version $Revision: 1.1 $
30  *
31  */
32 public interface DependableCacheObject {
33
34 public boolean hasDependants();
35
36 public void addDependant(CacheDependant dep);
37
38 public void removeDependant(CacheDependant dep);
39
40 }
41
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