Receiver.java

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 * Copyright (C) 2008 The Guava Authors
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package com.google.common.base;

/**
 * General purpose receiver of objects of a single type.
 *
 * <p>This interface is complementary to the {@code Supplier} interface.
 * Semantically, it can be used as an Output Stream, Sink, Closure or something
 * else entirely. No guarantees are implied by this interface.
 *
 * @param <T> type of received object
 *
 * @author micapolos@google.com (Michal Pociecha-Los)
 */
public interface Receiver<T> {

  /**
   * Accepts received object.
   *
   * @param object received object
   */
  void accept(T object);
}