com.tinkerpop.pipes

Interface PipeFunction<A,B>

All Known Implementing Classes:

PipesFunction

public interface PipeFunction<A,B>

A PipeFunction is a function that is passed into certain pipes in order to augment the computation of that pipe. The A type is the argument type of the compute() method. The B type is the return type of the compute() method.

Author:

Marko A. Rodriguez (http://markorodriguez.com), Zach Cox (http://theza.ch)

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
B	compute(A argument) A function that takes an argument of type A and returns a result of type B.

Method Detail

compute

B compute(A argument)

A function that takes an argument of type A and returns a result of type B.

Parameters:

argument - An argument of type A

Returns:

the result of computing the function on the argument