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25 package java.util.function;
26 
27 import java.util.Objects;
28 
29 /**
30  * Represents a function that accepts two arguments and produces a result.
31  * This is the two-arity specialization of {@link Function}.
32  *
33  * <p>This is a <a href="package-summary.html">functional interface</a>
34  * whose functional method is {@link #apply(Object, Object)}.
35  *
36  * @param <T> the type of the first argument to the function
37  * @param <U> the type of the second argument to the function
38  * @param <R> the type of the result of the function
39  *
40  * @see Function
41  * @since 1.8
42  */
43 @FunctionalInterface
44 public interface BiFunction<T, U, R> {
45 
46     /**
47      * Applies this function to the given arguments.
48      *
49      * @param t the first function argument
50      * @param u the second function argument
51      * @return the function result
52      */
apply(T t, U u)53     R apply(T t, U u);
54 
55     /**
56      * Returns a composed function that first applies this function to
57      * its input, and then applies the {@code after} function to the result.
58      * If evaluation of either function throws an exception, it is relayed to
59      * the caller of the composed function.
60      *
61      * @param <V> the type of output of the {@code after} function, and of the
62      *           composed function
63      * @param after the function to apply after this function is applied
64      * @return a composed function that first applies this function and then
65      * applies the {@code after} function
66      * @throws NullPointerException if after is null
67      */
andThen(Function<? super R, ? extends V> after)68     default <V> BiFunction<T, U, V> andThen(Function<? super R, ? extends V> after) {
69         Objects.requireNonNull(after);
70         return (T t, U u) -> after.apply(apply(t, u));
71     }
72 }
73