---
title:  get
---

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Display an entry in a region.

**Availability:** Online. You must be connected in `gfsh` to a JMX Manager member to use this command.

**Syntax:**

``` pre
get --key=value --region=value [--key-class=value] [--value-class=value]
```

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| Name                                                       | Description                                                                                                                                                  | Default Value                                                         |
|------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| <span class="keyword parmname">&#8209;&#8209;key </span>               | *Required.* String or JSON text from which to create the key. For example: "`James`", "`100L`" and "`('id': 'l34s')`".                                       |                                                                       |
| <span class="keyword parmname">&#8209;&#8209;region</span>             | *Required.* Region from which to get the entry.                                                                                                              |                                                                       |
| <span class="keyword parmname">&#8209;&#8209;key-class</span>          | Fully qualified class name of the key's type.                                                                                                                | The default is the key constraint for the current region or String.   |
| <span class="keyword parmname">&#8209;&#8209;value-class</span>        | Fully qualified class name of the value's type.                                                                                                              | The default is the value constraint for the current region or String. |
| <span class="keyword parmname">&#8209;&#8209;load-on-cache-miss</span> | Explicitly enables or disables the use of any registered CacheLoaders on the specified Region when retrieving a value for the specified Key on Cache misses. | true (enabled)                                                        |

<span class="tablecap">Table 1. Get Parameters</span>

**Example Commands:**

``` pre
get --key=('id':'133abg124') --region=region1

// Retrieving when key type is a wrapper(primitive)/String
get --key=('133abg124') --region=/region1/region12 --value-class=data.ProfileDetails

get --key=('100L') --region=/region1/region12 --value-class=data.ProfileDetails 
--key-class=java.lang.Long
```

**Sample Output:**

``` pre
gfsh>get --key=('123') --region=region1
Result      : true
Key Class   : java.lang.String
Key         : ('123')
Value Class : java.lang.String
Value       : ABC
```


