/**
* This file is part of Waarp Project.
*
* Copyright 2009, Frederic Bregier, and individual contributors by the @author tags. See the
* COPYRIGHT.txt in the distribution for a full listing of individual contributors.
*
* All Waarp Project is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of
* the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of
* the License, or (at your option) any later version.
*
* Waarp is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even
* the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General
* Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with Waarp. If not, see
* <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
*/
package org.waarp.common.lru;
/**
* Cache Entry interface
*
* @author Frederic Bregier
* @author Damian Momot
*
*/
public interface InterfaceLruCacheEntry<V> {
/**
* Returns value stored in entry or null if entry is not valid
*
* @return Value
*/
public V getValue();
/**
*
* @param timeRef
* @return True if this entry is still valid
*/
public boolean isStillValid(long timeRef);
/**
* Reset the time of overtime
*
* @return True if this entry has its time reset
*/
public boolean resetTime(long ttl);
}