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);
}