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package org.jboss.invocation;

import java.util.Map;

/** Exists in EJBCA due to MarshalledValue not existing in JBoss 7 and higher. 
 * This can give upgrade issues from old version of EJBCA (4) to EJBCA 6, 
 * moving directly from JBoss 5 to JBoss 7.
 * See: https://sourceforge.net/p/ejbca/discussion/123123/thread/e88b1c50/?limit=25
 * Jira: https://jira.primekey.se/browse/ECA-3687
 * All these classes can be removed when we do not support upgrades from EJBCA 4 any longer.
 */

/**
 * ValueRef.
 *
 * @param <K> the key type
 * @param <V> the value type
 * @author  <a href="mailto:ales.justin@jboss.org">Ales Justin</a>
 */
public interface ValueRef<K, V> extends Map.Entry<K, V>
{
   /**
    * Get underlying value.
    *
    * @return the value
    */
   V get();
}