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package bjc.funcdata.theory;
import java.util.function.Function;
/**
* Represents a container or context some sort usually, but the precise
* definition is that it represents exactly what it is defined as.
*
* @author ben
*
* @param <ContainedType>
* The value inside the functor.
*/
public interface Functor<ContainedType> {
/**
* Converts a normal function to operate over values in a functor..
*
* N.B: Even though the type signature implies that you can apply the
* resulting function to any type of functor, it is only safe to call it
* on instances of the type of functor you called fmap on..
*
* @param <ArgType>
* The argument of the function.
*
* @param <ReturnType>
* The return type of the function.
*
* @param func
* The function to convert.
*
* @return The passed in function converted to work over a particular
* type of functors.
*/
public <ArgType, ReturnType> Function<Functor<ArgType>, Functor<ReturnType>> fmap(
Function<ArgType, ReturnType> func);
/**
* Retrieve the thing inside this functor.
*
* @return The thing inside this functor.
*/
public ContainedType getValue();
}
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