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package org.apache.commons.collections;

/**
 *  Defines a functor interface implemented by classes that do something.
 *  
 *  A Closure represents a block of code which is executed from
 *  inside some block, function or iteration. It operates an input object.
 *  
 *  Standard implementations of common closures are provided by
 *  {@link ClosureUtils}. These include method invokation and for/while loops.
 *
 *  @since Commons Collections 1.0
 *  @version $Revision$ $Date$
 *
 *  @author James Strachan
 *  @author Nicola Ken Barozzi
 *  @author Stephen Colebourne
 *
 * @deprecated Apache Commons Collections version 3.x is being deprecated from AEMaaCS. The upgraded version 4.4 of Commons Collections is already included as replacement. Customers are advised to upgrade to this version of the library. Please note: the package name was changed to org.apache.commons.collections4. Further note that there are AEM APIs currently exposing the old collections classes; these will be updated in upcoming releases.
 */
@Deprecated(since = "2021-04-30")
public interface Closure {

    /**
     * Performs an action on the specified input object.
     *
     * @param input  the input to execute on
     * @throws ClassCastException (runtime) if the input is the wrong class
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException (runtime) if the input is invalid
     * @throws FunctorException (runtime) if any other error occurs
     */
    public void execute(Object input);
}