jdk/src/share/classes/java/util/function/BiFunction.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2010, 2013, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
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+ *
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+ */
+package java.util.function;
+
+/**
+ * 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);
+}