s</a>&lt;T&gt;&nbsp;cls)</pre>
<div class="block">Return an object of the specified type to allow access to the
 provider-specific API.  If the provider's Cache
 implementation does not support the specified class, the
 PersistenceException is thrown.</div>
<dl>
<dt><span class="paramLabel">Parameters:</span></dt>
<dd><code>cls</code> - the class of the object to be returned.  This is
 normally either the underlying Cache implementation
 class or an interface that it implements.</dd>
<dt><span class="return