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This is a functional interface * whose functional method is {@link #test(Object)}. * * @param the type of the input to the predicate * * @since 1.8 */ @FunctionalInterface public interface Predicate { /** * Evaluates this predicate on the given argument. * * @param t the input argument * @return {@code true} if the input argument matches the predicate, * otherwise {@code false} */ boolean test(T t); /** * Returns a composed predicate that represents a short-circuiting logical * AND of this predicate and another. When evaluating the composed * predicate, if this predicate is {@code false}, then the {@code other} * predicate is not evaluated. * *

Any exceptions thrown during evaluation of either predicate are relayed * to the caller; if evaluation of this predicate throws an exception, the * {@code other} predicate will not be evaluated. * * @param other a predicate that will be logically-ANDed with this * predicate * @return a composed predicate that represents the short-circuiting logical * AND of this predicate and the {@code other} predicate * @throws NullPointerException if other is null */ default Predicate and(Predicate other) { Objects.requireNonNull(other); return (t) -> test(t) && other.test(t); } /** * Returns a predicate that represents the logical negation of this * predicate. * * @return a predicate that represents the logical negation of this * predicate */ default Predicate negate() { return (t) -> !test(t); } /** * Returns a composed predicate that represents a short-circuiting logical * OR of this predicate and another. When evaluating the composed * predicate, if this predicate is {@code true}, then the {@code other} * predicate is not evaluated. * *

Any exceptions thrown during evaluation of either predicate are relayed * to the caller; if evaluation of this predicate throws an exception, the * {@code other} predicate will not be evaluated. * * @param other a predicate that will be logically-ORed with this * predicate * @return a composed predicate that represents the short-circuiting logical * OR of this predicate and the {@code other} predicate * @throws NullPointerException if other is null */ default Predicate or(Predicate other) { Objects.requireNonNull(other); return (t) -> test(t) || other.test(t); } /** * Returns a predicate that tests if two arguments are equal according * to {@link Objects#equals(Object, Object)}. * * @param the type of arguments to the predicate * @param targetRef the object reference with which to compare for equality, * which may be {@code null} * @return a predicate that tests if two arguments are equal according * to {@link Objects#equals(Object, Object)} */ static Predicate isEqual(Object targetRef) { return (null == targetRef) ? Objects::isNull : object -> targetRef.equals(object); } }