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

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package org.apache.storm.streams.operations;

/**
 * An interface for joining two values to produce a result.
 *
 * @param <V1> the type of the first value
 * @param <V2> the type of the second value
 * @param <R>  the result type
 */
public interface ValueJoiner<V1, V2, R> extends Operation {
    /**
     * Joins two values and produces a result.
     *
     * @param value1 the first value
     * @param value2 the second value
     * @return the result
     */
    R apply(V1 value1, V2 value2);
}