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    017package org.apache.commons.io.function;
    018
    019import java.io.IOException;
    020import java.util.Objects;
    021import java.util.function.Function;
    022
    023/**
    024 * Represents a function that accepts four arguments and produces a result. This is the four-arity specialization of
    025 * {@link IOFunction}.
    026 *
    027 * <p>
    028 * This is a <a href="package-summary.html">functional interface</a> whose functional method is
    029 * {@link #apply(Object, Object, Object, Object)}.
    030 * </p>
    031 *
    032 * @param <T> the type of the first argument to the function
    033 * @param <U> the type of the second argument to the function
    034 * @param <V> the type of the third argument to the function
    035 * @param <W> the type of the fourth argument to the function
    036 * @param <R> the type of the result of the function
    037 * @see Function
    038 * @since 2.12.0
    039 */
    040@FunctionalInterface
    041public interface IOQuadFunction<T, U, V, W, R> {
    042
    043    /**
    044     * Creates a composed function that first applies this function to its input, and then applies the {@code after}
    045     * function to the result. If evaluation of either function throws an exception, it is relayed to the caller of the
    046     * composed function.
    047     *
    048     * @param <X> the type of output of the {@code after} function, and of the composed function
    049     * @param after the function to apply after this function is applied
    050     * @return a composed function that first applies this function and then applies the {@code after} function
    051     * @throws NullPointerException if after is null
    052     */
    053    default <X> IOQuadFunction<T, U, V, W, X> andThen(final IOFunction<? super R, ? extends X> after) {
    054        Objects.requireNonNull(after);
    055        return (final T t, final U u, final V v, final W w) -> after.apply(apply(t, u, v, w));
    056    }
    057
    058    /**
    059     * Applies this function to the given arguments.
    060     *
    061     * @param t the first function argument
    062     * @param u the second function argument
    063     * @param v the third function argument
    064     * @param w the fourth function argument
    065     * @return the function result
    066     * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs.
    067     */
    068    R apply(T t, U u, V v, W w) throws IOException;
    069}