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package org.apache.tapestry5.func;

/**
 * A reducer takes an accumulator value and a single value from a collection and computes a new
 * accumulator value.
 *
 * @param <A> type of accumulator
 * @param <T> type of collection value
 * 
 * @since 5.2.0
 */
public interface Reducer<A, T>
{
    /**
     * Run a computation using the current value of the accumulator and an element (from a Flow),
     * and return the new accumulator.
     */
    A reduce(A accumulator, T element);
}
