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/*
 *     Copyright (C) 2015  higherfrequencytrading.com
 *
 *     This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 *     it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
 *     the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License.
 *
 *     This program 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 Lesser General Public License for more details.
 *
 *     You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
 *     along with this program.  If not, see .
 */

package net.openhft.chronicle.map;

/**
 * @author Rob Austin.
 */
public interface Context extends AutoCloseable {

    /**
     * call this to unlock the maps segment
     */
    void close();

    /**
     * Returns the key corresponding to this entry.
     *
     * @return the key corresponding to this entry
     */
    K key();

    /**
     * Returns the value corresponding to this entry.
     *
     * @return the value corresponding to this entry
     */
    V value();

}