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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));

    }

}