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+package entrysizer;
+
+import net.jini.core.entry.Entry;
+
+import org.dancres.blitz.mangler.EntrySizer;
+
+/**
+   This class demonstrates how to use the Blitz EntrySizer which can be
+   used to give an approximate size for an Entry once it's marshalled and
+   ready for storage in the Blitz backend.  This is useful for sizing heap,
+   caches and disk storage (for a persistent or time-barrier-persistent
+   Blitz).
+ */
+public class TestSizer {
+    public static void main(String args[]) {
+        try {
+            /*
+              Create an EntrySizer instance (EntrySizer is stateless)
+             */
+            EntrySizer mySizer = new EntrySizer();
+
+            /*
+              Create some example Entry's
+             */
+            Entry[] myEntrys = new Entry[] {new DummyEntry("a"),
+                                            new DummyEntry("abcdefgh"),
+                                            new DummyEntry(null)};
+
+            /*
+              For each example, get a size estimate from the Sizer.
+             */
+            for (int i = 0; i < myEntrys.length; i++) {
+                System.out.println("Size of: " + myEntrys[i] + " = " +
+                                   mySizer.computeSize(myEntrys[i]));
+            }
+        } catch (Exception anE) {
+            System.err.println("Whoops, didn't work");
+            anE.printStackTrace(System.err);
+        }
+    }
+}