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The SoftiCAR Platform is a lightweight, Java-based library to create interactive business web applications.

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package com.softicar.platform.common.container.pair;

/**
 * General interface of a pair of two elements.
 * 
 * A pair is a 2-tuple.
 * 
 * @param 
 *            type of the first element
 * @param 
 *            type of the second element
 * @author Oliver Richers
 */
public interface IPair {

	/**
	 * @return the first element, may be null
	 */
	A getFirst();

	/**
	 * @return the second element, may be null
	 */
	B getSecond();

	/**
	 * Sets the value of the first element.
	 * 
	 * @param first
	 *            the new value of the first element, may be null
	 */
	void setFirst(A first);

	/**
	 * Sets the value of the second element.
	 * 
	 * @param second
	 *            the new value of the second element, may be null
	 */
	void setSecond(B second);
}