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**  $Id$
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**  Class History
**
**  Date        Name         Description
**  ---------|------------|-----------------------------------------------
**  19Aug98     subtle       start of recorded history
**
*/

package key;

/**
  *  When the class is modified, it should ensure that
  *  'modified' returns true until 'resetModify' is called.
 */
public interface LatentlyCached
{
	/**
	 */
	public void deallocate();

	/**
	  *  This routine returns the state of the
	  *  modified boolean
	 */
	public boolean modified();

	/**
	  *  This routine is called to indicate that the
	  *  modified boolean should be reset
	 */
	public void resetModify();
}