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shows the Object Caching Service for Java (OCS4J) basic architecture, including
the following components, OCS4J Users, the OCS4J cache, one or more data
sources. These components are organized as follows, data sources supply
data to the cache. The cache, OCS4J, holds the data and the data is supplied
to one or more uses from the cache, OCS4J, so that users do not have to
access the data source directly.