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// GenericsNote: Converted.
/*
 *  Copyright 2003-2004 The Apache Software Foundation
 *
 *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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 */
package org.jivesoftware.smack.util.collections;

/**
 * Abstract pair class to assist with creating KeyValue and MapEntry
 * implementations.
 * 
 * @author James Strachan
 * @author Michael A. Smith
 * @author Neil O'Toole
 * @author Matt Hall, John Watkinson, Stephen Colebourne
 * @version $Revision: 1.1 $ $Date: 2005/10/11 17:05:32 $
 * @since Commons Collections 3.0
 */
public abstract class AbstractKeyValue implements KeyValue {

    /**
     * The key
     */
    protected K key;
    /**
     * The value
     */
    protected V value;

    /**
     * Constructs a new pair with the specified key and given value.
     * 
     * @param key
     *            the key for the entry, may be null
     * @param value
     *            the value for the entry, may be null
     */
    protected AbstractKeyValue(K key, V value) {
        super();
        this.key = key;
        this.value = value;
    }

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

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

    /**
     * Gets a debugging String view of the pair.
     * 
     * @return a String view of the entry
     */
    public String toString() {
        return new StringBuilder().append(getKey()).append('=')
                .append(getValue()).toString();
    }

}