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package freemarker.cache;

/**
 * Cache storage abstracts away the storage aspects of a cache - associating
 * an object with a key, retrieval and removal via the key. It is actually a
 * small subset of the {@link java.util.Map} interface. 
 * The implementations can be coded in a non-threadsafe manner as the natural
 * user of the cache storage, {@link TemplateCache} does the necessary
 * synchronization.
 *
 * @see freemarker.template.Configuration#setCacheStorage(CacheStorage)
 */
public interface CacheStorage {
    public Object get(Object key);
    public void put(Object key, Object value);
    public void remove(Object key);
    public void clear();
}