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package org.scijava.parse;

/**

* An item from the list of parsed items; i.e.: a name/value pair.

* <p>

* NB: It is unfortunate that we cannot use {@code javafx.util.Pair}, but it is:

* A) Java 8; and B) part of JavaFX rather than core Java.

* </p>

*

* @author Curtis Rueden

*/

public interface Item {

/**

* Gets the name of the item, or {@code null} if unnamed (i.e., raw value with

* no equals sign).

*/

String name();

/** Gets the value of the item. */

Object value();

}