---
title: "Get a Segment Instance"
url: https://docs.catalyst.zoho.com/en/sdk/java/v1/cloud-scale/cache/get-segment-instance/
description: "This page describes the method to get a cache segment instance in your Java application with sample code snippets."
last_updated: 2025-11-19T15:07:41Z
service: Cloud Scale
type: general
related_links:
  - name: "Cache"
    url: /en/cloud-scale/help/cache/introduction
---

# Cache

### Get a segment instance

The first step in referring to a cache segment is to create an empty segment instance using the 
`getSegmentInstance()` method which doesn't actually fire a server side call. This empty segment instance does not hold any values.

#### Sample Code Snippet 

**Package Imports**

```java
import com.zc.component.cache.ZCCache; 
import com.zc.component.cache.ZCSegment;

```

```java
//Get a Cache Instance 
ZCCache cacheobj=ZCCache.getInstance(); 
//Get an instance of a specific segment with segment ID 
ZCSegment segment = cacheobj.getSegmentInstance(1510000000054091L);

```