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package net.imagej.ops;

/**
 * An {@link OutputFunction} is an {@link Function} which is able to create the
 * output object itself.
 * 
 * @author Christian Dietz (University of Konstanz)
 */
public interface OutputFunction<I, O> extends InputOp<I>, OutputOp<O>,
		Threadable {

	/**
	 * Compute the output of a function, given some input.
	 * 
	 * @param input
	 *            of the {@link OutputFunction}
	 * 
	 * @return output
	 */
	O compute(I input);

	/**
	 * @return create an output object of type O, given some input. The output
	 *         can then be used to call compute(I input, O output), which will
	 *         fill the output with the result.
	 */
	O createOutput(I input);
}

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