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+/*\r
+\r
+ Derby - Class org.apache.derby.iapi.services.cache.SizedCacheable\r
+\r
+ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more\r
+ contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with\r
+ this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.\r
+ The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0\r
+ (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with\r
+ the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at\r
+\r
+ http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0\r
+\r
+ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software\r
+ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,\r
+ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.\r
+ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and\r
+ limitations under the License.\r
+\r
+ */\r
+\r
+package org.apache.derby.iapi.services.cache;\r
+\r
+/**\r
+ * This interface extends the Cacheable interface (@see Cacheable) with a method that\r
+ * estimates the size of the Cacheable object, in bytes. CacheManagers constructed with the SizedCacheFactory\r
+ * interface regulate the total estimated cache size, in bytes.\r
+ * CacheManagers constructed with the CacheFactory use regulate the total number of cache entries.\r
+ *\r
+ * @see Cacheable\r
+ * @see CacheFactory\r
+ *\r
+ */\r
+\r
+public interface SizedCacheable extends Cacheable\r
+{\r
+\r
+ /**\r
+ * Get the estimated size of the cacheable object.\r
+ *\r
+ * @return the estimated size, in bytes\r
+ */\r
+ public int getSize();\r
+}\r