streams/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/streams/kstream/Reducer.java

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package org.apache.kafka.streams.kstream;

/**
 * The {@link Reducer} interface for combining two values of the same type into a new value.
 *
 * @param <V>   value type
 */
public interface Reducer<V> {

    /**
     * Aggregate the two given values into a single one.
     *
     * @param value1  the first value for the aggregation
     * @param value2  the second value for the aggregation
     * @return        the aggregated value
     */
    V apply(V value1, V value2);
}