--- a/jdk/src/share/classes/java/util/function/BiFunction.java Wed May 15 10:25:59 2013 +0200
+++ b/jdk/src/share/classes/java/util/function/BiFunction.java Fri May 17 10:36:04 2013 -0700
@@ -24,15 +24,17 @@
*/
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.
+ * @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
@@ -48,4 +50,22 @@
* @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));
+ }
}