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A library of composable components enabling simpler Computational Intelligence

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 *    _____ _/ /_/ /_    Computational Intelligence Library (CIlib)
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package net.sourceforge.cilib.functions;

/**
 * Function definition. All functions apply some or other transformation
 * on a set of input variables and create an output that is representative of
 * the input.
 * @param  The "from" type.
 * @param  The "to" type.
 */
public interface Function {

    /**
     * Perform the evaluation of the input and return the result.
     * @param input The input for the function.
     * @return The result of the evaluation.
     */
    T apply(F input);
}