| /* |
| * Copyright 2001-2004 The Apache Software Foundation |
| * |
| * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); |
| * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. |
| * You may obtain a copy of the License at |
| * |
| * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 |
| * |
| * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software |
| * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, |
| * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. |
| * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and |
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| */ |
| package org.apache.commons.collections; |
| |
| /** |
| * Defines a functor interface implemented by classes that do something. |
| * <p> |
| * A <code>Closure</code> represents a block of code which is executed from |
| * inside some block, function or iteration. It operates an input object. |
| * <p> |
| * Standard implementations of common closures are provided by |
| * {@link ClosureUtils}. These include method invokation and for/while loops. |
| * |
| * @since Commons Collections 1.0 |
| * @version $Revision: 1.1 $ $Date: 2009/05/27 22:16:19 $ |
| * |
| * @author James Strachan |
| * @author Nicola Ken Barozzi |
| * @author Stephen Colebourne |
| */ |
| public interface Closure { |
| |
| /** |
| * Performs an action on the specified input object. |
| * |
| * @param input the input to execute on |
| * @throws ClassCastException (runtime) if the input is the wrong class |
| * @throws IllegalArgumentException (runtime) if the input is invalid |
| * @throws FunctorException (runtime) if any other error occurs |
| */ |
| public void execute(Object input); |
| |
| } |
