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package org.biojava.utils.cache;

/**
 * Interface for a reference to an object, analogous to
 * <code>java.lang.ref.Referencce</code>, but more flexible.
 * CacheReference implementations are always obtained by calling
 * <code>makeReference</code> on a <code>Cache</code> object.
 *
 * @author Thomas Down
 * @since 1.1
 */

public interface CacheReference {
    public Object get();
    public void clear();
}