com.google.common.base

Interface Supplier<T>

All Superinterfaces:

Supplier<T>

Functional Interface:

This is a functional interface and can therefore be used as the assignment target for a lambda expression or method reference.

@GwtCompatible
 @FunctionalInterface
public interface Supplier<T>
extends Supplier<T>

Legacy version of java.util.function.Supplier. Semantically, this could be a factory, generator, builder, closure, or something else entirely. No guarantees are implied by this interface.

The Suppliers class provides common suppliers and related utilities.

As this interface extends Supplier, an instance of this type can be used as a java.util.function.Supplier directly. To use a java.util.function.Supplier in a context where a com.google.common.base.Supplier is needed, use supplier::get.

See the Guava User Guide article on the use of Function.

Since:

2.0

Author:

Harry Heymann

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
T	get() Retrieves an instance of the appropriate type.

Method Detail

get

T get()

Retrieves an instance of the appropriate type. The returned object may or may not be a new instance, depending on the implementation.

Specified by:

get in interface Supplier<T>

Returns:

an instance of the appropriate type