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017    package org.apache.camel.util;
018    
019    /**
020     * Represents a thread safe map of values which timeout after a period of
021     * inactivity.
022     *
023     * @version $Revision: 569 $
024     */
025    public interface TimeoutMap extends Runnable {
026    
027        /**
028         * Looks up the value in the map by the given key.
029         *
030         * @param key the key of the value to search for
031         * @return the value for the given key or null if it is not present (or has timed out)
032         */
033        Object get(Object key);
034    
035        /**
036         * Returns a copy of the keys in the map
037         */
038        Object[] getKeys();
039    
040        /**
041         * Returns the size of the map
042         */
043        int size();
044    
045        /**
046         * Adds the key value pair into the map such that some time after the given
047         * timeout the entry will be evicted
048         */
049        void put(Object key, Object value, long timeoutMillis);
050    
051        /**
052         * Removes the object with the given key
053         *
054         * @param key  key for the object to remove
055         */
056        void remove(Object key);
057    
058        /**
059         * Purges any old entries from the map
060         */
061        void purge();
062    }