com.hazelcast.core.IFunction Maven / Gradle / Ivy
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package com.hazelcast.core;
import com.hazelcast.nio.serialization.impl.BinaryInterface;
import java.io.Serializable;
/**
* Represents a function that accepts one argument and produces a result.
*
* This class is called IFunction instead of Function to prevent clashes with the one in Java 8.
*
* Serialized instances of this interface are used in client-member communication, so changing an implementation's binary format
* will render it incompatible with its previous versions.
*
* @param an argument
* @param a result
* @since 3.2
*/
@BinaryInterface
public interface IFunction extends Serializable {
R apply(T input);
}