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    017package org.apache.commons.lang3.function;
    018
    019import java.util.Objects;
    020import java.util.function.Function;
    021
    022/**
    023 * Represents a function that accepts three arguments and produces a result. This is the three-arity specialization of
    024 * {@link Function}.
    025 *
    026 * <p>
    027 * This is a <a href="package-summary.html">functional interface</a> whose functional method is
    028 * {@link #apply(Object, Object, Object)}.
    029 * </p>
    030 *
    031 * @param <T> the type of the first argument to the function
    032 * @param <U> the type of the second argument to the function
    033 * @param <V> the type of the third argument to the function
    034 * @param <R> the type of the result of the function
    035 *
    036 * @see Function
    037 * @since 3.12.0
    038 */
    039@FunctionalInterface
    040public interface TriFunction<T, U, V, R> {
    041
    042    /**
    043     * Returns a composed function that first applies this function to its input, and then applies the {@code after}
    044     * function to the result. If evaluation of either function throws an exception, it is relayed to the caller of the
    045     * composed function.
    046     *
    047     * @param <W> the type of output of the {@code after} function, and of the composed function
    048     * @param after the function to apply after this function is applied
    049     * @return a composed function that first applies this function and then applies the {@code after} function
    050     * @throws NullPointerException if after is null
    051     */
    052    default <W> TriFunction<T, U, V, W> andThen(final Function<? super R, ? extends W> after) {
    053        Objects.requireNonNull(after);
    054        return (final T t, final U u, final V v) -> after.apply(apply(t, u, v));
    055    }
    056
    057    /**
    058     * Applies this function to the given arguments.
    059     *
    060     * @param t the first function argument
    061     * @param u the second function argument
    062     * @param v the third function argument
    063     * @return the function result
    064     */
    065    R apply(T t, U u, V v);
    066}