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2/*
3 * Copyright 2003-2004 The Apache Software Foundation
4 *
5 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
6 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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8 *
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10 *
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16 */
17package org.jivesoftware.smack.util.collections;
18
19/**
20 * Defines a simple key value pair.
21 * <p/>
22 * A Map Entry has considerable additional semantics over and above a simple
23 * key-value pair. This interface defines the minimum key value, with just the
24 * two get methods.
25 *
26 * @author Matt Hall, John Watkinson, Stephen Colebourne
27 * @version $Revision: 1.1 $ $Date: 2005/10/11 17:05:19 $
28 * @since Commons Collections 3.0
29 */
30public interface KeyValue <K,V> {
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}