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package org.apache.geode.cache.util;

import org.apache.geode.cache.EvictionAttributes;
import org.apache.geode.internal.size.ReflectionObjectSizer;
import org.apache.geode.internal.size.SizeClassOnceObjectSizer;

/**
 * The sizer interface defines a method that when called returns the size of the object passed in.
 * Implementations may return hardcoded values for object size if the implementation knows the
 * object size for all objects that are likely to be cached.
 * 
 * You should use a sizer with a {@link EvictionAttributes#createLRUHeapAttributes(ObjectSizer)} or
 * {@link EvictionAttributes#createLRUMemoryAttributes(ObjectSizer)} if you want to use a faster or
 * more accurate method of sizing than provided by the default object sizer, which is {#link
 * {@link #SIZE_CLASS_ONCE}
 * 
 * 
 * @since GemFire 3.0
 */
public interface ObjectSizer {

  /**
   * An implementation of {@link ObjectSizer} that calculates an accurate size of the first instance
   * of each class that is put in the cache. After the first instance, it will return the same size
   * for every instance of that class.
   * 
   * This sizer is a compromise between generating accurate sizes for every object and performance.
   * It should work well if the keys and values in the region don't vary greatly in size. For
   * accurate sizing of every instance use {@link #REFLECTION_SIZE} instead.
   * 
   * This sizer does generate an accurate size for strings and byte arrays every time, because there
   * is very little performance impact from sizing these objects.
   * 
   * @since GemFire 6.5
   */
  public static final ObjectSizer SIZE_CLASS_ONCE = SizeClassOnceObjectSizer.getInstance();

  /**
   * An implementation of {@link ObjectSizer} that calculates an accurate size for each object that
   * it sizes.
   * 
   * This sizer will add up the sizes of all objects that are reachable from the keys and values in
   * your region by non-static fields.
   * 
   * For objects that are all approximately the same size, consider using {@link #SIZE_CLASS_ONCE}.
   * It will have much better performance.
   * 
   * @since GemFire 6.5
   */
  public static final ObjectSizer REFLECTION_SIZE = ReflectionObjectSizer.getInstance();


  /**
   * The default object sizer, currently {@link #SIZE_CLASS_ONCE}
   * 
   * @since GemFire 6.5
   */
  public static final ObjectSizer DEFAULT = SIZE_CLASS_ONCE;

  public int sizeof(Object o);

}