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package org.apache.cassandra.cache;

import java.util.Iterator;

This is similar to the Map interface, but requires maintaining a given capacity
and does not require put or remove to return values, which lets SerializingCache
be more efficient by avoiding deserialize except on get.
/**
 * This is similar to the Map interface, but requires maintaining a given capacity
 * and does not require put or remove to return values, which lets SerializingCache
 * be more efficient by avoiding deserialize except on get.
 */
public interface ICache<K, V> extends CacheSize
{
    public void put(K key, V value);

    public boolean putIfAbsent(K key, V value);

    public boolean replace(K key, V old, V value);

    public V get(K key);

    public void remove(K key);

    public void clear();

    public Iterator<K> keyIterator();

    public Iterator<K> hotKeyIterator(int n);

    public boolean containsKey(K key);
}