1 /*
2 * Copyright 2003-2004 The Apache Software Foundation
3 *
4 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
5 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
6 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
7 *
8 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
9 *
10 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
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15 */
16 package net.sf.collections15;
17
18 /***
19 * Defines a simple key value pair.
20 * <p/>
21 * A Map Entry has considerable additional semantics over and above a simple
22 * key-value pair. This interface defines the minimum key value, with just the
23 * two get methods.
24 *
25 * @author Stephen Colebourne
26 * @version $Revision: 1.2 $ $Date: 2004/10/17 01:02:42 $
27 * @since Commons Collections15 1.0
28 */
29 public interface KeyValue <K, V>
30 {
31
32 /***
33 * Gets the key from the pair.
34 *
35 * @return the key
36 */
37 K getKey();
38
39 /***
40 * Gets the value from the pair.
41 *
42 * @return the value
43 */
44 V getValue();
45
46 }