Smack/source/org/jivesoftware/smack/util/collections/KeyValue.java

// GenericsNote: Converted.
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package org.jivesoftware.smack.util.collections;

/**
 * Defines a simple key value pair.
 * <p/>
 * A Map Entry has considerable additional semantics over and above a simple
 * key-value pair. This interface defines the minimum key value, with just the
 * two get methods.
 *
 * @author Matt Hall, John Watkinson, Stephen Colebourne
 * @version $Revision: 1.1 $ $Date: 2005/10/11 17:05:19 $
 * @since Commons Collections 3.0
 */
public interface KeyValue <K,V> {

    /**
     * Gets the key from the pair.
     *
     * @return the key
     */
    K getKey();

    /**
     * Gets the value from the pair.
     *
     * @return the value
     */
    V getValue();

}