1 // GenericsNote: Converted. 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. 7 * You may obtain a copy of the License at 8 * 9 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 10 * 11 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 12 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 13 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 14 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 15 * limitations under the License. 16 */ 17 package 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 */ 30 public 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