protected static Object compress(RegionEntryContext context, Object value) {
    return compress(context, value, null);
  }
This method determines if the value is in a compressed representation and decompresses it if it
is.

@param context the values context.
@param value a region entry value.

@return the decompressed form of the value parameter.
geode-core/src/main/java/org/apache/geode/internal/cache/entries/AbstractRegionEntry.java