AsyncFunction.java

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package androidx.camera.core.impl.utils.futures;

import androidx.annotation.Nullable;

import com.google.common.util.concurrent.ListenableFuture;

import java.util.concurrent.Executor;
import java.util.concurrent.Future;

/**
 * Cloned from concurrent-futures package in Guava to AndroidX namespace since we would need
 * ListenableFuture related implementation but not want to include whole Guava library.
 *
 * Transforms a value, possibly asynchronously. For an example usage and more information, see
 * {@link Futures#transformAsync(ListenableFuture, AsyncFunction, Executor)}.
 *
 * @author Chris Povirk
 * @since 11.0
 * @param <I>
 * @param <O>
 */
@FunctionalInterface
public interface AsyncFunction<I, O> {
    /**
     * Returns an output {@code Future} to use in place of the given {@code input}. The output
     * {@code Future} need not be {@linkplain Future#isDone done}, making {@code AsyncFunction}
     * suitable for asynchronous derivations.
     *
     * <p>Throwing an exception from this method is equivalent to returning a failing {@code
     * Future}.
     */
    ListenableFuture<O> apply(@Nullable I input) throws Exception;
}