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25 package java.util.function;
26 
27 import java.util.Objects;
28 
29 /**
30  * Represents a predicate (boolean-valued function) of one argument.
31  *
32  * <p>This is a <a href="package-summary.html">functional interface</a>
33  * whose functional method is {@link #test(Object)}.
34  *
35  * @param <T> the type of the input to the predicate
36  *
37  * @since 1.8
38  */
39 @FunctionalInterface
40 public interface Predicate<T> {
41 
42     /**
43      * Evaluates this predicate on the given argument.
44      *
45      * @param t the input argument
46      * @return {@code true} if the input argument matches the predicate,
47      * otherwise {@code false}
48      */
test(T t)49     boolean test(T t);
50 
51     /**
52      * Returns a composed predicate that represents a short-circuiting logical
53      * AND of this predicate and another.  When evaluating the composed
54      * predicate, if this predicate is {@code false}, then the {@code other}
55      * predicate is not evaluated.
56      *
57      * <p>Any exceptions thrown during evaluation of either predicate are relayed
58      * to the caller; if evaluation of this predicate throws an exception, the
59      * {@code other} predicate will not be evaluated.
60      *
61      * @param other a predicate that will be logically-ANDed with this
62      *              predicate
63      * @return a composed predicate that represents the short-circuiting logical
64      * AND of this predicate and the {@code other} predicate
65      * @throws NullPointerException if other is null
66      */
and(Predicate<? super T> other)67     default Predicate<T> and(Predicate<? super T> other) {
68         Objects.requireNonNull(other);
69         return (t) -> test(t) && other.test(t);
70     }
71 
72     /**
73      * Returns a predicate that represents the logical negation of this
74      * predicate.
75      *
76      * @return a predicate that represents the logical negation of this
77      * predicate
78      */
negate()79     default Predicate<T> negate() {
80         return (t) -> !test(t);
81     }
82 
83     /**
84      * Returns a composed predicate that represents a short-circuiting logical
85      * OR of this predicate and another.  When evaluating the composed
86      * predicate, if this predicate is {@code true}, then the {@code other}
87      * predicate is not evaluated.
88      *
89      * <p>Any exceptions thrown during evaluation of either predicate are relayed
90      * to the caller; if evaluation of this predicate throws an exception, the
91      * {@code other} predicate will not be evaluated.
92      *
93      * @param other a predicate that will be logically-ORed with this
94      *              predicate
95      * @return a composed predicate that represents the short-circuiting logical
96      * OR of this predicate and the {@code other} predicate
97      * @throws NullPointerException if other is null
98      */
or(Predicate<? super T> other)99     default Predicate<T> or(Predicate<? super T> other) {
100         Objects.requireNonNull(other);
101         return (t) -> test(t) || other.test(t);
102     }
103 
104     /**
105      * Returns a predicate that tests if two arguments are equal according
106      * to {@link Objects#equals(Object, Object)}.
107      *
108      * @param <T> the type of arguments to the predicate
109      * @param targetRef the object reference with which to compare for equality,
110      *               which may be {@code null}
111      * @return a predicate that tests if two arguments are equal according
112      * to {@link Objects#equals(Object, Object)}
113      */
isEqual(Object targetRef)114     static <T> Predicate<T> isEqual(Object targetRef) {
115         return (null == targetRef)
116                 ? Objects::isNull
117                 : object -> targetRef.equals(object);
118     }
119 }
120