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Interface Function&lt;F,T&gt;</H2>
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<DT><DT><B>Type Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>F</CODE> - the type of the function input<DD><CODE>T</CODE> - the type of the function output</DL>
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<DT><PRE>public interface <B>Function&lt;F,T&gt;</B></DL>
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A transformation from one object to another. For example, a
<code>StringToIntegerFunction</code> may implement
<code>Function&lt;String,Integer&gt;</code> and transform integers in
<code>String</code> format to <code>Integer</code> format.
<p>The transformation on the source object does not necessarily result in
an object of a different type. For example, a
<code>FarenheitToCelsiusFunction</code> may implement
<code>Function&lt;Float,Float&gt;</code>.
<p>Implementations which may cause side effects upon evaluation are strongly
encouraged to state this fact clearly in their API documentation.
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<DT><B>Since:</B></DT>
<DD>2010.01.04 <b>stable</b> (imported from Google Collections Library)</DD>
<DT><B>Author:</B></DT>
<DD>Kevin Bourrillion, Scott Bonneau</DD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;<A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/base/Function.html" title="type parameter in Function">T</A></CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/base/Function.html#apply(F)">apply</A></B>(<A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/base/Function.html" title="type parameter in Function">F</A>&nbsp;from)</CODE>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Applies the function to an object of type <code>F</code>, resulting in an object
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<CODE>&nbsp;boolean</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/base/Function.html#equals(java.lang.Object)">equals</A></B>(<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Object</A>&nbsp;obj)</CODE>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Indicates whether some other object is equal to this <code>Function</code>.</TD>
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<A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/base/Function.html" title="type parameter in Function">T</A> <B>apply</B>(<FONT SIZE="-1"><A HREF="http://jsr-305.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/javadoc/javax/annotation/Nullable.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in javax.annotation">@Nullable</A></FONT>
<A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/base/Function.html" title="type parameter in Function">F</A>&nbsp;from)</PRE>
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<DD>Applies the function to an object of type <code>F</code>, resulting in an object
of type <code>T</code>. Note that types <code>F</code> and <code>T</code> may or may not
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boolean <B>equals</B>(<FONT SIZE="-1"><A HREF="http://jsr-305.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/javadoc/javax/annotation/Nullable.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in javax.annotation">@Nullable</A></FONT>
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<DD>Indicates whether some other object is equal to this <code>Function</code>.
This method can return <code>true</code> <i>only</i> if the specified object is
also a <code>Function</code> and, for every input object <code>o</code>, it returns
exactly the same value. Thus, <code>function1.equals(function2)</code> implies
that either <code>function1.apply(o)</code> and <code>function2.apply(o)</code> are
both null, or <code>function1.apply(o).equals(function2.apply(o))</code>.
<p>Note that it is always safe <em>not</em> to override
<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html?is-external=true#equals(java.lang.Object)" title="class or interface in java.lang"><CODE>Object.equals(java.lang.Object)</CODE></A>.
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