001    /*
002     * $Id: Function.java,v 1.6 2012/02/19 17:35:51 davep Exp $
003     *
004     * This file is part of McIDAS-V
005     *
006     * Copyright 2007-2012
007     * Space Science and Engineering Center (SSEC)
008     * University of Wisconsin - Madison
009     * 1225 W. Dayton Street, Madison, WI 53706, USA
010     * https://www.ssec.wisc.edu/mcidas
011     * 
012     * All Rights Reserved
013     * 
014     * McIDAS-V is built on Unidata's IDV and SSEC's VisAD libraries, and
015     * some McIDAS-V source code is based on IDV and VisAD source code.  
016     * 
017     * McIDAS-V is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
018     * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser Public License as published by
019     * the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
020     * (at your option) any later version.
021     * 
022     * McIDAS-V is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
023     * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
024     * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
025     * GNU Lesser Public License for more details.
026     * 
027     * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser Public License
028     * along with this program.  If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses.
029     */
030    package edu.wisc.ssec.mcidasv.util.functional;
031    
032    public interface Function<A, B> {
033    
034        /**
035         * Transforms an {@code A} into a {@code B}.
036         * 
037         * @param arg The particular {@code A} to be transformed.
038         * 
039         * @return Result of the transformation.
040         */
041        public B apply(A arg);
042    }