storm-client/src/jvm/org/apache/storm/streams/operations/Reducer.java

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package org.apache.storm.streams.operations;

/**
 * The {@link Reducer} performs an operation on two values of the same type producing a result of the same type.
 *
 * @param <T> the type of the arguments and the result
 */
public interface Reducer<T> extends BiFunction<T, T, T> {
    /**
     * Applies this function to the given arguments.
     *
     * @param arg1 the first argument
     * @param arg2 the second argument
     * @return the result
     */
    @Override
    T apply(T arg1, T arg2);
}