gogo/runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/service/command/Function.java

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package org.apache.felix.service.command;

import java.util.List;

/**
 * A Function is a a block of code that can be executed with a set of arguments,
 * it returns the result object of executing the script.
 */
public interface Function
{
    /**
     * Execute this function and return the result.
     *
     * @param session the session
     * @param arguments the arguments
     * @return the result from the execution.
     * @throws Exception if anything goes terribly wrong
     */
    Object execute(CommandSession session, List<Object> arguments) throws Exception;
}