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  25 package java.util.function;
  26 
  27 /**
  28  * Represents a supplier of results.
  29  *
  30  * <p>There is no requirement that a new or distinct result be returned each
  31  * time the supplier is invoked.
  32  *
  33  * <p>This is a <a href="package-summary.html">functional interface</a>
  34  * whose functional method is {@link #get()}.
  35  *
  36  * @param <T> the type of results supplied by this supplier
  37  *
  38  * @since 1.8
  39  */
  40 @FunctionalInterface
  41 public interface Supplier<T> {
  42 
  43     /**
  44      * Gets a result.
  45      *
  46      * @return a result
  47      */
  48     T get();
  49 }