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package org.opensearch.client.util;

/**
 * Represents a function that accepts 4 arguments and produces a result.
 * This is the 4-arity specialization of {@link java.util.function.Function}.
 *
 * @param <T> the type of the first argument to the function
 * @param <U> the type of the second argument to the function
 * @param <V> the type of the third argument to the function
 * @param <W> the type of the fourth argument to the function
 * @param <R> the type of the result of the function
 *
 * @see java.util.function.Function
 * @see java.util.function.BiFunction
 */
@FunctionalInterface
public interface QuadFunction<T, U, V, W, R> {

    /**
     * Applies this function to the given arguments.
     *
     * @param t the first function argument
     * @param u the second function argument
     * @param v the third function argument
     * @param w the fourth function argument
     * @return the function result
     */
    R apply(T t, U u, V v, W w);
}