src/share/classes/java/util/function/BiFunction.java
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rev 7675 : 8019840: Spec updates for java.util.function
Reviewed-by: mduigou
Contributed-by: brian.goetz@oracle.com
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package java.util.function;
import java.util.Objects;
/**
! * Apply a function to the input arguments, yielding an appropriate result. This
! * is the two-arity specialization of {@link Function}. A function may
! * variously provide a mapping between types, object instances or keys and
! * values or any other form of transformation upon the input.
*
! * @param <T> the type of the first argument to the {@code apply} operation
! * @param <U> the type of the second argument to the {@code apply} operation
! * @param <R> the type of results returned by the {@code apply} operation
*
* @see Function
* @since 1.8
*/
@FunctionalInterface
public interface BiFunction<T, U, R> {
/**
! * Compute the result of applying the function to the input arguments
*
! * @param t an input object
! * @param u an input object
* @return the function result
*/
R apply(T t, U u);
/**
! * Returns a new function which applies this function followed by the
! * provided function. If either function throws an exception, it is relayed
! * to the caller.
*
! * @param <V> Type of output objects to the combined function. May be the
! * same type as {@code <T>}, {@code <U>} or {@code <R>}
! * @param after An additional function to be applied after this function is
! * applied
! * @return A function which performs this function followed by the provided
! * function
* @throws NullPointerException if after is null
*/
default <V> BiFunction<T, U, V> andThen(Function<? super R, ? extends V> after) {
Objects.requireNonNull(after);
return (T t, U u) -> after.apply(apply(t, u));
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package java.util.function;
import java.util.Objects;
/**
! * Represents a function that accepts two arguments and produces a result.
! * This is the two-arity specialization of {@link Function}.
*
! * <p>This is a <a href="package-summary.html">functional interface</a>
! * whose functional method is {@link #apply(Object, Object)}.
! *
! * @param <T> the type of the first argument to the function
! * @param <U> the type of the second argument to the function
! * @param <R> the type of the result of the function
*
* @see Function
* @since 1.8
*/
@FunctionalInterface
public interface BiFunction<T, U, R> {
/**
! * Applies this function to the given arguments.
*
! * @param t the first function argument
! * @param u the second function argument
* @return the function result
*/
R apply(T t, U u);
/**
! * Returns a composed function that first applies this function to
! * its input, and then applies the {@code after} function to the result.
! * If evaluation of either function throws an exception, it is relayed to
! * the caller of the composed function.
*
! * @param <V> the type of output of the {@code after} function, and of the
! * composed function
! * @param after the function to apply after this function is applied
! * @return a composed function that first applies this function and then
! * applies the {@code after} function
* @throws NullPointerException if after is null
*/
default <V> BiFunction<T, U, V> andThen(Function<? super R, ? extends V> after) {
Objects.requireNonNull(after);
return (T t, U u) -> after.apply(apply(t, u));