/*
 * Copyright (C) 2007 The Guava Authors
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except
 * in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License

    /**
     * Returns the value as a string.
     *
     * @param value
     *            the value
     * @return the value as a string
     */
    String getAsString(Object value);

    /**
     * Returns the value as an object.
     *
     * @param value
     *            the value
     * @return the value as an object
     */
    Object getAsObject(String value);

    /**

    @Override
    public synchronized InstantiationRuntimeException initCause(final Throwable cause) {
        return (InstantiationRuntimeException) super.initCause(cause);
    }

    /**
     * Returns the target class.
     *
     * @return Target class
     */
    public Class<?> getTargetClass() {
        return targetClass;
    }

/*
 * Copyright 2012-2025 CodeLibs Project and the Others.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,

/*
 * Copyright 2012-2025 CodeLibs Project and the Others.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,

/*
 * Copyright 2012-2025 CodeLibs Project and the Others.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,

 * Implementations can specify how long cached data should be retained.
 *
 * @since 4.0.0
 */
@Experimental
public interface CacheMetadata {

    /**
     * Returns the cache retention that should be applied to the associated data.
     *
     * @return The CacheRetention indicating how long data should be retained, or null if
     *         no specific cache retention is defined
     */
    @Nullable

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