﻿namespace Lucene.Net.Util
{
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	/// <summary>
	/// An object whose RAM usage can be computed.
	/// <para/>
	/// @lucene.internal
	/// </summary>
	public interface IAccountable // LUCENENET NOTE: This interface wasn't added until Lucene 4.9
    { 
	  /// <summary>
	  /// Return the memory usage of this object in bytes. Negative values are illegal.
	  /// </summary>
	  long RamBytesUsed();
	}
}