MergingEntry (Hazelcast Root 5.4.0-SNAPSHOT API)

Type Parameters:

K - the type of the key

V - the type of the value

All Superinterfaces:

MergingValue<V>, MergingView

All Known Subinterfaces:

SplitBrainMergeTypes.CacheMergeTypes<K,V>, SplitBrainMergeTypes.CardinalityEstimatorMergeTypes, SplitBrainMergeTypes.MapMergeTypes<K,V>, SplitBrainMergeTypes.MultiMapMergeTypes<K,V>, SplitBrainMergeTypes.ReplicatedMapMergeTypes<K,V>, SplitBrainMergeTypes.ScheduledExecutorMergeTypes
```
public interface MergingEntry<K,V>
extends MergingValue<V>
```
Represents a read-only view of a data structure key/value-pair for the merging process after a split-brain.

Since:

3.10

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`K`	`getKey()`	Returns the deserialized merging key.
`java.lang.Object`	`getRawKey()`	Returns the merging key in the in-memory format of the backing data structure.

Methods inherited from interface com.hazelcast.spi.merge.MergingValue
getDeserializedValue, getRawValue, getValue

- Method Detail
  - getKey
```
K getKey()
```
    Returns the deserialized merging key.
    
    Returns:
    
    the deserialized merging key
  - getRawKey
```
java.lang.Object getRawKey()
```
    Returns the merging key in the in-memory format of the backing data structure.
    
    Returns:
    
    the merging key