*
 * @author Charles Fry
 * @since 11.0
 */
@GwtCompatible
@FunctionalInterface
public interface Weigher<K, V> {

  /**
   * Returns the weight of a cache entry. There is no unit for entry weights; rather they are simply
   * relative to each other.
   *
   * @return the weight of the entry; must be non-negative
   */
  int weigh(K key, V value);

/*
 * 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,

  // simplest instance, though very similar descriptions apply to many other classes in this file.
  //
  // In the constructor of AbstractCatchingFuture, the delegate future is assigned to a field
  // 'inputFuture'. That field is non-final and non-volatile. There are 2 places where the
  // 'inputFuture' field is read and where we will have to consider visibility of the write

/*
 * 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,

    }

    /**
     * Returns <code>true</code> if the class loader <code>other</code> is an ancestor of the class loader <code>cl</code>.
     *
     * @param cl
     *            the class loader
     * @param other
     *            the class loader to check as ancestor
     * @return <code>true</code> if <code>other</code> is an ancestor of <code>cl</code>
     */

/*
 * 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,

This is because it is expected that **your users** would define the actual **URL path** where they want to receive the webhook request in some other way (e.g. a web dashboard).

### Check the docs { #check-the-docs }