public ICacheElement get( String cacheName, Serializable key )
        throws IOException
    {
        //p( "get(cacheName,key,container)" );
        CacheElement ce = new CacheElement( cacheName, key, null );
        LateralElementDescriptor led = new LateralElementDescriptor( ce );
        //led.requesterId = requesterId; // later
        led.command = led.GET;
        return sender.sendAndReceive( led );
        //return null;
        // nothing needs to be done