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package org.apache.pulsar.functions.api;

/**
 * This is the core interface of the function api. The process is called
 * for every message of the input topic of the function. The incoming input bytes
 * are converted to the input type I for simple Java types(String, Integer, Boolean,
 * Map, and List types) and for org.Json type. If this serialization approach does not
 * meet your needs, you can use the byte stream handler defined in RawRequestHandler.
 */
@FunctionalInterface
public interface Function<I, O> {
    /**
     * Process the input.
     *
     * @return the output
     */
    O process(I input, Context context) throws Exception;
}