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package com.espertech.esper.collection.apachecommons;
/**
* Abstract pair class to assist with creating <code>KeyValue</code>
* and {@link java.util.Map.Entry Map.Entry} implementations.
*
* @since Commons Collections 3.0
* @version $Revision$ $Date$
*
* @author James Strachan
* @author Michael A. Smith
* @author Neil O'Toole
* @author Stephen Colebourne
*/
public abstract class AbstractKeyValue implements KeyValue {
/** The key */
protected Object key;
/** The value */
protected Object 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(Object key, Object value) {
super();
this.key = key;
this.value = value;
}
/**
* Gets the key from the pair.
*
* @return the key
*/
public Object getKey() {
return key;
}
/**
* Gets the value from the pair.
*
* @return the value
*/
public Object getValue() {
return value;
}
/**
* Gets a debugging String view of the pair.
*
* @return a String view of the entry
*/
public String toString() {
return new StringBuffer()
.append(getKey())
.append('=')
.append(getValue())
.toString();
}
}