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 11 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 12 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 13 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 14 * limitations under the License. 15 */ 16 package org.apache.commons.collections; 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 * @since Commons Collections 3.0 26 * @version $Revision: 1.1 $ $Date: 2004/05/10 19:52:59 $ 27 * 28 * @author Stephen Colebourne 29 */ 30 public interface KeyValue { 31 32 /** 33 * Gets the key from the pair. 34 * 35 * @return the key 36 */ 37 Object getKey(); 38 39 /** 40 * Gets the value from the pair. 41 * 42 * @return the value 43 */ 44 Object getValue(); 45 46 } 47