1// GenericsNote: Converted.
2/*
3 *  Copyright 2003-2004 The Apache Software Foundation
4 *
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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}
47