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package com.hazelcast.spi.merge;
import com.hazelcast.spi.annotation.Beta;
/**
* Represents a read-only view of a data structure value for the merging process after a split-brain.
*
* @param the type of the value
* @since 3.10
*/
@Beta
public interface MergingValue {
/**
* Returns the merging value in the in-memory format of the backing data structure.
*
* @return the merging value
*/
V getValue();
/**
* Returns the deserialized merging value.
*
* @param the type of the deserialized value
* @return the deserialized merging value
*/
DV getDeserializedValue();
}