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package com.jogamp.common.util;

/**
 * Generic function interface to perform an action w/ given optional arguments
 * producing an optional result.
 * 
 * For void functions, simply use type Object
 * and ignore the result and/or arguments.
 * 
 *
 * @param  the result type of {@link #eval(Object...)}
 */
public interface Function {
    /**
     * Implementation may compute variable args list
     * and returns a result.
     *
     * @param args variable argument list, A[], maybe null
     * @return the result.
     */
    R eval(A... args);
}