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package org.waveprotocol.wave.model.document;
/**
* The representation of a ranged annotation, which is a key-value pair and the
* range annotated with it. The range is maximal in that the values associated
* with the key before the start and after the end of the range differ from the
* value inside the range.
*
* @author ohler@google.com (Christian Ohler)
*
* @param <V> the type of values of annotations
*/
public interface RangedAnnotation<V> {
/** The key of the key-value pair. */
String key();
/** The value of key-value pair. */
V value();
/** The index of the first item covered by this annotation. */
int start();
/** The index beyond the last item covered by this annotation. */
int end();
}