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| |
| #pragma once |
| |
| |
| #include "geode_defs.hpp" |
| #include "ISerializable.hpp" |
| |
| using namespace System; |
| |
| namespace Apache |
| { |
| namespace Geode |
| { |
| namespace Client |
| { |
| |
| /// <summary> |
| /// This interface class is the superclass of all user objects |
| /// in the cache that can be used as a key. |
| /// </summary> |
| /// <remarks> |
| /// If an implementation is required to act as a key in the cache, then |
| /// it must implement this interface and preferably override |
| /// <c>System.Object.ToString</c> to obtain proper string representation. |
| /// Note that this interface requires that the class overrides |
| /// <c>Object.GetHashCode</c>. Though this is not enforced, the default |
| /// implementation in <c>System.Object</c> is almost certainly incorrect |
| /// and will not work correctly. |
| /// </remarks> |
| public interface class ICacheableKey |
| : public ISerializable |
| { |
| public: |
| |
| /// <summary> |
| /// Get the hash code for this object. This is used in the internal |
| /// hash tables and so must have a nice distribution pattern. |
| /// </summary> |
| /// <returns> |
| /// The hashcode for this object. |
| /// </returns> |
| System::Int32 GetHashCode( ); |
| |
| /// <summary> |
| /// Returns true if this <c>ICacheableKey</c> matches the other. |
| /// </summary> |
| bool Equals( ICacheableKey^ other ); |
| }; |
| } // namespace Client |
| } // namespace Geode |
| } // namespace Apache |
| |