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package org.apache.geode.internal.cache.versions;

/**
 * Read only interface for an object that holds an entry version.
 *
 * @param <T>
 */
public interface VersionHolder<T extends VersionSource> {
  /**
   * @return the current version number for the corresponding entry
   */
  int getEntryVersion();

  /**
   * @return the region version number for the last modification
   */
  long getRegionVersion();

  /**
   * @return the time stamp of the operation
   */
  long getVersionTimeStamp();

  /**
   * @return the ID of the member that last changed the corresponding entry
   */
  T getMemberID();

  /**
   * @return the Distributed System Id of the system that last changed the corresponding entry
   */
  int getDistributedSystemId();

  /** get rvv internal high byte. Used by region entries for transferring to storage */
  public short getRegionVersionHighBytes();

  /** get rvv internal low bytes. Used by region entries for transferring to storage */
  public int getRegionVersionLowBytes();

}
