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Extended collection, iterator, and builder interfaces, lightweight cache sets and maps, and other foundational utilities

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// Copyright 2015-2019 SWIM.AI inc.
//
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package swim.util;

import java.util.Collection;

/**
 * Type that accumulates input values of type {@code I}, and binds an output
 * result of type {@code O}.
 */
public interface Builder {
  /**
   * Adds a single input value to this builder, returning {@code true} if the
   * state of the builder changed.
   */
  boolean add(I input);

  /**
   * Adds multiple input values to this builder, returning {@code true} if the
   * state of the builder changed.
   */
  boolean addAll(Collection inputs);

  /**
   * Returns the output result of this builder.
   */
  O bind();
}