Operation.java revision 608:7e06bf1dcb09
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25193326Sedpackage com.sun.corba.se.spi.orb ;
26193326Sed
27193326Sed/** A generic class representing a function that takes a value and returns
28212904Sdim * a value.  This is a building block for property parsing.
29212904Sdim */
30193326Sedpublic interface Operation{
31193326Sed    /** Apply some function to a value and return the result.
32193326Sed    */
33193326Sed    Object operate( Object value ) ;
34193326Sed}
35193326Sed