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package org.apache.pulsar.functions.api;

import org.apache.pulsar.common.classification.InterfaceAudience;
import org.apache.pulsar.common.classification.InterfaceStability;

/**
 * This is the core interface of the function api. The process is called
 * for every message of the input topic of the function. The incoming input bytes
 * are converted to the input type I for simple Java types(String, Integer, Boolean,
 * Map, and List types) and for org.Json type. If this serialization approach does not
 * meet your needs, you can use the byte stream handler defined in RawRequestHandler.
 */
@InterfaceAudience.Public
@InterfaceStability.Stable
@FunctionalInterface
public interface Function {
    /**
     * Process the input.
     *
     * @return the output
     */
    O process(I input, Context context) throws Exception;

    /**
     * Called once to initialize resources when function instance is started.
     *
     * @param context The Function context
     *
     * @throws Exception
     */
    default void initialize(Context context) throws Exception {}

    /**
     * Called once to properly close resources when function instance is stopped.
     *
     * @throws Exception
     */
    default void close() throws Exception {}
}