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/*
 * $Id: Cache.java,v 1.7 2003/11/07 20:16:25 dfs Exp $
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package org.apache.oro.util;


/**
 * An interface defining the basic functions of a cache.
 *
 * @version @version@
 * @since 1.0
 */
public interface Cache {

  public void addElement(Object key, Object value);

  public Object getElement(Object key);

  /**
   * Returns the number of elements in the cache, not to be confused with
   * the {@link #capacity()} which returns the number
   * of elements that can be held in the cache at one time.
   * 
   * @return  The current size of the cache (i.e., the number of elements
   *          currently cached).
   */
  public int size();


  /**
   * Returns the maximum number of elements that can be cached at one time.
   * 
   * @return The maximum number of elements that can be cached at one time.
   */
  public int capacity();

}