@CacheEntryModified
 public void modified(Event ne) {
   if (!ne.isPre()) {
     log.debug("modified visited with key: " + key);
     try {
       // test out if we can get the read lock since there is a write lock going as well.
       cache1.get(key);
     } catch (CacheException e) {
       e.printStackTrace();
       fail("modified: test failed with exception: " + e);
     }
   }
 }