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package com.google.common.base;
import com.google.common.annotations.GwtCompatible;
import org.checkerframework.checker.nullness.qual.Nullable;
/**
* Legacy version of {@link java.util.function.Supplier java.util.function.Supplier}. Semantically,
* this could be a factory, generator, builder, closure, or something else entirely. No guarantees
* are implied by this interface.
*
* The {@link Suppliers} class provides common suppliers and related utilities.
*
*
As this interface extends {@code java.util.function.Supplier}, an instance of this type can be
* used as a {@code java.util.function.Supplier} directly. To use a {@code
* java.util.function.Supplier} in a context where a {@code com.google.common.base.Supplier} is
* needed, use {@code supplier::get}.
*
*
See the Guava User Guide article on the use of {@code Function}.
*
* @author Harry Heymann
* @since 2.0
*/
@GwtCompatible
@FunctionalInterface
@ElementTypesAreNonnullByDefault
public interface Supplier extends java.util.function.Supplier {
/**
* Retrieves an instance of the appropriate type. The returned object may or may not be a new
* instance, depending on the implementation.
*
* @return an instance of the appropriate type
*/
@Override
@ParametricNullness
T get();
}