Weight decoration object in Dijkstra's algorithm code?

Question

Can somebody explain to me what is "Weight decoration object" in the code below? Whats kind of parameters should I input? For example, if I want to find shortest path from two airport, I have String Vertices and weighted edges (int). Thanks!

    public class Dijkstra<V, E> {
    /** Infinity value. */
    protected static final Integer INFINITE = Integer.MAX_VALUE;

    /** Input graph. */
    protected Graph<V, E> graph;

    /** Decoration key for edge weights */
    protected Object WEIGHT;

    /** Decoration key for vertex distances */
    protected Object DIST = new Object();

    /** Decoration key for entries in the priority queue */
    protected Object ENTRY = new Object();

    /** Auxiliary priority queue. */
    protected AdaptablePriorityQueue<Integer, Vertex<V>> Q;

    /**
     * Executes Dijkstra's algorithm.
     * 
     * @param g
     *            Input graph
     * @param s
     *            Source vertex
     * @param w
     *            Weight decoration object
     */
    public void execute(Graph<V, E> g, Vertex<V> s, Object w) {
        graph = g;
        WEIGHT = w;
        DefaultComparator<Integer> dc = new DefaultComparator<Integer>();
        Q = new HeapAdaptablePriorityQueue<Integer, Vertex<V>>(dc);
        dijkstraVisit(s);
    }

    /**
     * Get the distance of a vertex from the source vertex. //end#fragment
     * execute This method returns the length of a shortest path from the   source
     * to <tt>u</tt> after {@link #execute(Graph,Vertex,Object) execute} has
     * been called. //begin#fragment execute
     * 
     * @param u
     *            Start vertex for the shortest path tree
     */
    public int getDist(Vertex<V> u) {
        return (Integer) u.get(DIST);
    }

    /**
     * The actual execution of Dijkstra's algorithm.
     * 
     * @param v
     *            source vertex.
     */
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    protected void dijkstraVisit(Vertex<V> v) {
        // store all the vertices in priority queue Q
        for (Vertex<V> u : graph.vertices()) {
            int u_dist;
            if (u == v)
                u_dist = 0;
            else
                u_dist = INFINITE;
            Entry<Integer, Vertex<V>> u_entry = Q.insert(u_dist, u); // autoboxing
            u.put(ENTRY, u_entry);
        }
        // grow the cloud, one vertex at a time
        while (!Q.isEmpty()) {
            // remove from Q and insert into cloud a vertex with minimum
            // distance
            Entry<Integer, Vertex<V>> u_entry = Q.min();
            Vertex<V> u = u_entry.getValue();
            int u_dist = u_entry.getKey();
            Q.remove(u_entry); // remove u from the priority queue
            u.put(DIST, u_dist); // the distance of u is final
            u.remove(ENTRY); // remove the entry decoration of u
            if (u_dist == INFINITE)
                continue; // unreachable vertices are not processed
            // examine all the neighbors of u and update their distances
            for (Edge<E> e : graph.incidentEdges(u)) {
                Vertex<V> z = graph.opposite(u, e);
                Entry<Integer, Vertex<V>> z_entry = 
                    (Entry<Integer, Vertex<V>>) z.get(ENTRY);
                if (z_entry != null) { // check that z is in Q, i.e., not in
                                        // the cloud
                    int e_weight = (Integer) e.get(WEIGHT);
                    int z_dist = z_entry.getKey();
                    if (u_dist + e_weight < z_dist) // relaxation of edge e =
                                                    // (u,z)
                        Q.replaceKey(z_entry, u_dist + e_weight);
                }
            }
        }
    }
}