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/*
 * Copyright 2016-17, OpenCensus Authors
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
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package nl.topicus.jdbc.shaded.io.opencensus.common;

/**
 * Used to specify matching functions for use encoding tagged unions (i.e. sum types) in Java. See
 * {@link nl.topicus.jdbc.shaded.io.opencensus.trace.AttributeValue#match} for an example of its use.
 *
 * Note: This class is based on the java.util.Function class added in Java 1.8. We cannot use the
 * Function from Java 1.8 because this library is Java 1.6 compatible.
 */
public interface Function {
  B apply(A arg);
}