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#ifndef __MEM_RUBY_SLICC_INTERFACE_ABSTRACTENTRY_HH__
#define __MEM_RUBY_SLICC_INTERFACE_ABSTRACTENTRY_HH__

#include <iostream>

#include "mem/protocol/AccessPermission.hh"

class AbstractEntry
{
  public:
    AbstractEntry();
    virtual ~AbstractEntry() = 0;

    // Get/Set permission of the entry
    AccessPermission getPermission() const;
    void changePermission(AccessPermission new_perm);

    virtual void print(std::ostream& out) const = 0;

    AccessPermission m_Permission; // Access permission for this
                                   // block, required by CacheMemory
};

inline std::ostream&
operator<<(std::ostream& out, const AbstractEntry& obj)
{
    obj.print(out);
    out << std::flush;
    return out;
}

#endif // __MEM_RUBY_SLICC_INTERFACE_ABSTRACTENTRY_HH__