hazelcast-master/hazelcast/src/main/java/com/hazelcast/nio/VersionAware.java
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package com.hazelcast.nio;

import com.hazelcast.version.Version;

/**
 * An instance which supports versioning.
 * <p>
 * It may be any version (cluster version, node version, custom version, etc.),
 * that is up to the implementer.
 *
 * @since 3.8
 */
public interface VersionAware {

    /**
     * @return the version or {@code Version.UNKNOWN} if version is unknown to the object
     */
    Version getVersion();

    /**
     * If the serializer supports versioning it may set the version to use for
     * the serialization on this object.
     *
     * @param version version to set
     */
    void setVersion(Version version);
}
