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package org.anhonesteffort.flock.util.guava;

/**
 * Determines an output value based on an input value.
 * 
 * <p>See the Guava User Guide article on <a href=
 * "http://code.google.com/p/guava-libraries/wiki/FunctionalExplained">the use of {@code
 * Function}</a>.
 * 
 * @author Kevin Bourrillion
 * @since 2.0 (imported from Google Collections Library)
 */

public interface Function<F, T> {
  /**
   * Returns the result of applying this function to {@code input}. This method is <i>generally
   * expected</i>, but not absolutely required, to have the following properties:
   *
   * <ul>
   * <li>Its execution does not cause any observable side effects.
   * <li>The computation is <i>consistent with equals</i>; that is, {@link Objects#equal
   *     Objects.equal}{@code (a, b)} implies that {@code Objects.equal(function.apply(a),
   *     function.apply(b))}.
   * </ul>
   *
   * @throws NullPointerException if {@code input} is null and this function does not accept null
   *     arguments
   */
  T apply(F input);

  /**
   * Indicates whether another object is equal to this function.
   *
   * <p>Most implementations will have no reason to override the behavior of {@link Object#equals}.
   * However, an implementation may also choose to return {@code true} whenever {@code object} is a
   * {@link org.anhonesteffort.flock.util.guava.Function} that it considers <i>interchangeable</i> with this one. "Interchangeable"
   * <i>typically</i> means that {@code Objects.equal(this.apply(f), that.apply(f))} is true for all
   * {@code f} of type {@code F}. Note that a {@code false} result from this method does not imply
   * that the functions are known <i>not</i> to be interchangeable.
   */
  @Override
  boolean equals(Object object);
}