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package org.apache.gearpump.streaming.dsl.javaapi.functions

import org.apache.gearpump.streaming.dsl.scalaapi.functions.SerializableFunction

/**
 * Transforms one input into zero or more outputs of possibly different types.
 * This Java version of FlatMapFunction returns a java.util.Iterator.
 *
 * @param T Input value type
 * @param R Output value type
 */
abstract class FlatMapFunction[T, R] extends SerializableFunction {

  def apply(t: T): java.util.Iterator[R]
}