CheckedBiFunction.java

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package com.adobe.acs.commons.functions;

import aQute.bnd.annotation.ConsumerType;

/**
 * Created work-alike for functionality not introduced until Java 8
 * Represents a function that accepts two arguments and produces a result.
 * This is the two-arity specialization of {@link Function}.
 *
 * @param <T> the type of the first argument to the function
 * @param <U> the type of the second argument to the function
 * @param <R> the type of the result of the function
 *
 * @see Function
 */
@ConsumerType
@FunctionalInterface
public interface CheckedBiFunction<T, U, R> {

    /**
     * Applies this function to the given arguments.
     *
     * @param t the first function argument
     * @param u the second function argument
     * @return the function result
     * @throws java.lang.Exception
     */
    R apply(T t, U u) throws Exception;

    /**
     * Returns a composed function that first applies this function to
     * its input, and then applies the {@code after} function to the result.
     * If evaluation of either function throws an exception, it is relayed to
     * the caller of the composed function.
     *
     * @param <V> the type of output of the {@code after} function, and of the
     *           composed function
     * @param after the function to apply after this function is applied
     * @return a composed function that first applies this function and then
     * applies the {@code after} function
     * @throws NullPointerException if after is null
     */
    default <V> CheckedBiFunction<T, U, V> andThen(final CheckedFunction<? super R, ? extends V> after) {
        if (after == null) {
            throw new NullPointerException();
        }
        return (T t, U u) -> after.apply(apply(t, u));
    }
}