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package org.apache.geode.internal.cache.versions;

import java.io.DataOutput;
import java.io.IOException;

import org.apache.geode.internal.serialization.DataSerializableFixedID;

/**
 * The member that originated an update that is stored in the version information of a region entry,
 * or in the regions version vector.
 *
 * A VersionMember could either be an InternalDistributedMember (for an in memory region), or a UUID
 * (for a persistent region).
 *
 * VersionMembers should implement equals and hashcode.
 */
public interface VersionSource<T> extends DataSerializableFixedID, Comparable<T> {

  void writeEssentialData(DataOutput out) throws IOException;

  default boolean isDiskStoreId() {
    return false;
  }
}