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package java.util.function;

/**

 * Represents a function that accepts two arguments and produces a long-valued

 * result.  This is the {@code long}-producing primitive specialization for

 * {@link BiFunction}.

 *

 * <p>This is a <a href="package-summary.html">functional interface</a>

 * whose functional method is {@link #applyAsLong(Object, Object)}.

 *

 * @param <T> the type of the first argument to the function

 * @param <U> the type of the second argument to the function

 *

 * @see BiFunction

 * @since 1.8

 */

@FunctionalInterface

public interface ToLongBiFunction<T, U> {

    /**

     * Applies this function to the given arguments.

     *

     * @param t the first function argument

     * @param u the second function argument

     * @return the function result

     */

    long applyAsLong(T t, U u);

}