001/* 002 * Copyright (C) 2011 The Guava Authors 003 * 004 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except 005 * in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at 006 * 007 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 008 * 009 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License 010 * is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express 011 * or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under 012 * the License. 013 */ 014 015package com.google.common.cache; 016 017import com.google.common.annotations.GwtCompatible; 018 019/** 020 * Calculates the weights of cache entries. 021 * 022 * @author Charles Fry 023 * @since 11.0 024 */ 025@GwtCompatible 026@ElementTypesAreNonnullByDefault 027public interface Weigher<K, V> { 028 029 /** 030 * Returns the weight of a cache entry. There is no unit for entry weights; rather they are simply 031 * relative to each other. 032 * 033 * @return the weight of the entry; must be non-negative 034 */ 035 int weigh(K key, V value); 036}