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| |
| package org.apache.geode.internal.cache; |
| |
| |
| /** |
| * A factory that produces RegionEntry instances. |
| * |
| * @since GemFire 3.5.1 |
| * |
| * |
| */ |
| public interface RegionEntryFactory { |
| /** |
| * Creates an instance of RegionEntry. |
| * |
| * @return the created entry |
| */ |
| RegionEntry createEntry(RegionEntryContext context, Object key, Object value); |
| |
| /** |
| * @return the Class that each entry, of this factory, is an instance of |
| */ |
| Class getEntryClass(); |
| |
| /** |
| * @return return the versioned equivalent of this RegionEntryFactory |
| */ |
| RegionEntryFactory makeVersioned(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Return the equivalent on heap version of this entry factory. This is used for creating |
| * temporary region entries that shouldn't be stored off heap. |
| */ |
| RegionEntryFactory makeOnHeap(); |
| } |