/* * Copyright (C) 2007 The Guava Authors * * 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 limitations under * the License. */ package com.google.common.base; import com.google.common.annotations.GwtCompatible; import com.google.errorprone.annotations.CanIgnoreReturnValue; import org.checkerframework.checker.nullness.qual.Nullable; /** * Legacy version of {@link java.util.function.Predicate java.util.function.Predicate}. Determines a * true or false value for a given input. * *

As this interface extends {@code java.util.function.Predicate}, an instance of this type may * be used as a {@code Predicate} directly. To use a {@code java.util.function.Predicate} where a * {@code com.google.common.base.Predicate} is expected, use the method reference {@code * predicate::test}. * *

This interface is now a legacy type. Use {@code java.util.function.Predicate} (or the * appropriate primitive specialization such as {@code IntPredicate}) instead whenever possible. * Otherwise, at least reduce explicit dependencies on this type by using lambda expressions * or method references instead of classes, leaving your code easier to migrate in the future. * *

The {@link Predicates} class provides common predicates and related utilities. * *

See the Guava User Guide article on the use of {@code Predicate}. * * @author Kevin Bourrillion * @since 2.0 */ @FunctionalInterface @GwtCompatible public interface Predicate extends java.util.function.Predicate { /** * Returns the result of applying this predicate to {@code input} (Java 8 users, see notes in the * class documentation above). This method is generally expected, but not absolutely * required, to have the following properties: * *

* * @throws NullPointerException if {@code input} is null and this predicate does not accept null * arguments */ @CanIgnoreReturnValue boolean apply(@Nullable T input); /** * Indicates whether another object is equal to this predicate. * *

Most implementations will have no reason to override the behavior of {@link Object#equals}. * However, an implementation may also choose to return {@code true} whenever {@code object} is a * {@link Predicate} that it considers interchangeable with this one. "Interchangeable" * typically means that {@code this.apply(t) == that.apply(t)} for all {@code t} of type * {@code T}). Note that a {@code false} result from this method does not imply that the * predicates are known not to be interchangeable. */ @Override boolean equals(@Nullable Object object); @Override default boolean test(@Nullable T input) { return apply(input); } }