https://github.com/Terracotta-OSS/statistics: A statistics framework used inside Ehcache and the Terracotta products 
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package org.terracotta.context;

import java.util.Map;


A shadow context associated with a Java object.

/**
 * A shadow context associated with a Java object.
 */
public interface ContextElement {

  
The type of the associated Java object.

Returns:the associated object's class
/**
   * The type of the associated Java object.
   *
   * @return the associated object's class
   */
  Class<?> identifier();

  
The set of attributes for the associated Java object.

Returns:the associated object's attributes
/**
   * The set of attributes for the associated Java object.
   *
   * @return the associated object's attributes
   */
  Map<String, Object> attributes();
}