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17  package org.apache.commons.lang3.function;
18  
19  import java.util.Objects;
20  import java.util.function.Function;
21  
22  /**
23   * Represents a function that accepts three arguments and produces a result. This is the three-arity specialization of
24   * {@link Function}.
25   *
26   * <p>
27   * This is a <a href="package-summary.html">functional interface</a> whose functional method is
28   * {@link #apply(Object, Object, Object)}.
29   * </p>
30   *
31   * @param <T> the type of the first argument to the function
32   * @param <U> the type of the second argument to the function
33   * @param <V> the type of the third argument to the function
34   * @param <R> the type of the result of the function
35   *
36   * @see Function
37   * @since 3.12.0
38   */
39  @FunctionalInterface
40  public interface TriFunction<T, U, V, R> {
41  
42      /**
43       * Returns a composed function that first applies this function to its input, and then applies the {@code after}
44       * function to the result. If evaluation of either function throws an exception, it is relayed to the caller of the
45       * composed function.
46       *
47       * @param <W> the type of output of the {@code after} function, and of the composed function
48       * @param after the function to apply after this function is applied
49       * @return a composed function that first applies this function and then applies the {@code after} function
50       * @throws NullPointerException if after is null
51       */
52      default <W> TriFunction<T, U, V, W> andThen(final Function<? super R, ? extends W> after) {
53          Objects.requireNonNull(after);
54          return (final T t, final U u, final V v) -> after.apply(apply(t, u, v));
55      }
56  
57      /**
58       * Applies this function to the given arguments.
59       *
60       * @param t the first function argument
61       * @param u the second function argument
62       * @param v the third function argument
63       * @return the function result
64       */
65      R apply(T t, U u, V v);
66  }