Interface Consumer<T>

Type Parameters:
T - the type of the input to the operation
All Known Subinterfaces:
Stream.Builder<T>
Functional Interface:
This is a functional interface and can therefore be used as the assignment target for a lambda expression or method reference.
@FunctionalInterface
public interface Consumer<T>

Represents an operation that accepts a single input argument and returns no result. Unlike most other functional interfaces, Consumer is expected to operate via side-effects.

This is a functional interface whose functional method is accept(Object).

Since:
1.8

Methods

Modifier and Type Method Description
void accept​(T t)

Performs this operation on the given argument.
default Consumer<T> andThen​(Consumer<? super T> after)

Returns a composed Consumer that performs, in sequence, this operation followed by the after operation.

Methods

accept

void accept(T t)

Performs this operation on the given argument.

Parameters:
t - the input argument

andThen

default Consumer<T> andThen(Consumer<? super T> after)

Returns a composed Consumer that performs, in sequence, this operation followed by the after operation. If performing either operation throws an exception, it is relayed to the caller of the composed operation. If performing this operation throws an exception, the after operation will not be performed.

Parameters:
after - the operation to perform after this operation
Returns:
a composed Consumer that performs in sequence this operation followed by the after operation
Throws:
NullPointerException - if after is null

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