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package org.apache.commons.lang3.mutable;
/**
* Provides mutable access to a value.
*
* {@code Mutable} is used as a generic interface to the implementations in this package.
*
* A typical use case would be to enable a primitive or string to be passed to a method and allow that method to
* effectively change the value of the primitive/string. Another use case is to store a frequently changing primitive in
* a collection (for example a total in a map) without needing to create new Integer/Long wrapper objects.
*
* @param the type to set and get
* @since 2.1
*/
public interface Mutable {
/**
* Gets the value of this mutable.
*
* @return the stored value
*/
T getValue();
/**
* Sets the value of this mutable.
*
* @param value
* the value to store
* @throws NullPointerException
* if the object is null and null is invalid
* @throws ClassCastException
* if the type is invalid
*/
void setValue(T value);
}