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| title: Serializing and Accessing Data as a Blob | |
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| If you have data that is best handled as a blob, such as structs that do not contain pointers, use the serializable type `CacheableBytes` . `CacheableBytes` is a blob class that implements the serialization for you. | |
| `CacheableBytes` also provides direct access to the blob data. Because it is not derived from the `CacheableKey` interface, `CacheableBytes` enables you to modify data in place and then put it into the region again to distribute the change. | |