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package org.apache.kafka.streams.kstream;
import org.apache.kafka.common.annotation.InterfaceStability;
/**
* The {@code ValueMapper} interface for mapping a value to a new value of arbitrary type.
* This is a stateless record-by-record operation, i.e, {@link #apply(Object)} is invoked individually for each record
* of a stream (cf. {@link ValueTransformer} for stateful value transformation).
* If {@code ValueMapper} is applied to a {@link org.apache.kafka.streams.KeyValue key-value pair} record the record's
* key is preserved.
* If a record's key and value should be modified {@link KeyValueMapper} can be used.
*
* @param <V> value type
* @param <VR> mapped value type
* @see KeyValueMapper
* @see ValueTransformer
* @see KStream#mapValues(ValueMapper)
* @see KStream#flatMapValues(ValueMapper)
* @see KTable#mapValues(ValueMapper)
*/
@InterfaceStability.Unstable
public interface ValueMapper<V, VR> {
/**
* Map the given value to a new value.
*
* @param value the value to be mapped
* @return the new value
*/
VR apply(final V value);
}