JavaAlgorithms/Searches/SearchAlgorithm.java

package Searches;

/**
 * The common interface of most searching algorithms
 *
 * @author Podshivalov Nikita (https://github.com/nikitap492)
 **/
public interface SearchAlgorithm {

    /**
     * @param key   is an element which should be found
     * @param array is an array where the element should be found
     * @param <T>   Comparable type
     * @return first found index of the element
     */
    <T extends Comparable<T>> int find(T array[], T key);

}