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 * Copyright (C) 2007 The Guava Authors
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except
 * in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
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package com.google.common.base;

import com.google.common.annotations.GwtCompatible;
import javax.annotation.CheckForNull;
import org.checkerframework.checker.nullness.qual.Nullable;

/**
 * Legacy version of {@link java.util.function.Predicate java.util.function.Predicate}. Determines a
 * true or false value for a given input.
 *
 * As this interface extends {@code java.util.function.Predicate}, an instance of this type may
 * be used as a {@code Predicate} directly. To use a {@code java.util.function.Predicate} where a
 * {@code com.google.common.base.Predicate} is expected, use the method reference {@code
 * predicate::test}.
 *
 * 
This interface is now a legacy type. Use {@code java.util.function.Predicate} (or the
 * appropriate primitive specialization such as {@code IntPredicate}) instead whenever possible.
 * Otherwise, at least reduce explicit dependencies on this type by using lambda expressions
 * or method references instead of classes, leaving your code easier to migrate in the future.
 *
 * 
The {@link Predicates} class provides common predicates and related utilities.
 *
 * 
See the Guava User Guide article on the use of {@code Predicate}.
 *
 * @author Kevin Bourrillion
 * @since 2.0
 */
@FunctionalInterface
@GwtCompatible
@ElementTypesAreNonnullByDefault
public interface Predicate extends java.util.function.Predicate {
  /**
   * Returns the result of applying this predicate to {@code input} (Java 8+ users, see notes in the
   * class documentation above). This method is generally expected, but not absolutely
   * required, to have the following properties:
   *
   * 

   *   Its execution does not cause any observable side effects.
   *   
The computation is consistent with equals; that is, {@link Objects#equal
   *       Objects.equal}{@code (a, b)} implies that {@code predicate.apply(a) ==
   *       predicate.apply(b))}.
   * 
   *
   * @throws NullPointerException if {@code input} is null and this predicate does not accept null
   *     arguments
   */
  boolean apply(@ParametricNullness T input);

  /**
   * Indicates whether another object is equal to this predicate.
   *
   * Most implementations will have no reason to override the behavior of {@link Object#equals}.
   * However, an implementation may also choose to return {@code true} whenever {@code object} is a
   * {@link Predicate} that it considers interchangeable with this one. "Interchangeable"
   * typically means that {@code this.apply(t) == that.apply(t)} for all {@code t} of type
   * {@code T}). Note that a {@code false} result from this method does not imply that the
   * predicates are known not to be interchangeable.
   */
  @Override
  boolean equals(@CheckForNull Object object);

  @Override
  default boolean test(@ParametricNullness T input) {
    return apply(input);
  }
}