package org.apache.commons.jcs.engine.behavior;
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/**
* This interface defines the behavior of the serialized element wrapper.
* <p>
* The value is stored as a byte array. This should allow for a variety of serialization mechanisms.
* <p>
* This currently extends ICacheElement<K, V> for backward compatibility.
*<p>
* @author Aaron Smuts
*/
public interface ICacheElementSerialized<K, V>
extends ICacheElement<K, V>
{
/**
* Gets the value attribute of the ICacheElementSerialized object. This is the value the client
* cached serialized by some mechanism.
*<p>
* @return The serialized value
*/
byte[] getSerializedValue();
}