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package com.google.common.cache;

import com.google.common.annotations.Beta;

/**
 * Calculates the weights of cache entries.
 *
 * @author fry@google.com (Charles Fry)
 * @since 11.0
 */
@Beta
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);

}