MarshalledEntry (Infinispan JavaDoc All 9.4.26.Final API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

MarshalledEntryImpl
```
public interface MarshalledEntry<K,V>
```
Defines an externally persisted entry. External stores that keep the data in serialised form should return an MarshalledEntry that contains the data in binary form (ByteBuffer) and unmarshall it lazily when getKey/Value/Metadata are invoked. This approach avoids unnecessary object (de)serialization e.g when the entries are fetched from the external store for the sole purpose of being sent over the wire to another requestor node.

Since:

6.0

Author:

Mircea Markus

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`K`	`getKey()`	Returns the same key as `getKeyBytes()`, but unmarshalled.
`org.infinispan.commons.io.ByteBuffer`	`getKeyBytes()`	Returns the key in serialized format.
`InternalMetadata`	`getMetadata()`
`org.infinispan.commons.io.ByteBuffer`	`getMetadataBytes()`
`V`	`getValue()`	Returns the same value as `getKeyBytes()`, but unmarshalled.
`org.infinispan.commons.io.ByteBuffer`	`getValueBytes()`	Returns the value in serialize format.

- Method Detail
  - getKeyBytes
```
org.infinispan.commons.io.ByteBuffer getKeyBytes()
```
    Returns the key in serialized format.
  - getValueBytes
```
org.infinispan.commons.io.ByteBuffer getValueBytes()
```
    Returns the value in serialize format.
  - getMetadataBytes
```
org.infinispan.commons.io.ByteBuffer getMetadataBytes()
```
    Returns:
    
    null if there's no metadata associated with the object (e.g. expiry info, version..)
  - getKey
```
K getKey()
```
    Returns the same key as getKeyBytes(), but unmarshalled.
  - getValue
```
V getValue()
```
    Returns the same value as getKeyBytes(), but unmarshalled.
  - getMetadata
```
InternalMetadata getMetadata()
```
    Returns:
    
    might be null if there's no metadata associated with the object (e.g. expiry info, version..).