java.util.function

## Interface BiPredicate<T,U>

- Type Parameters:
    `T` - the type of the first argument to the predicate
    `U` - the type of the second argument the predicate
  Functional Interface:
    This is a functional interface and can therefore be used as the assignment target for a lambda expression or method reference.

      @FunctionalInterface
      public interface BiPredicate<T,U>

  Represents a predicate (boolean-valued function) of two arguments. This is the two-arity specialization of `Predicate`.

  This is a functional interface whose functional method is `test(Object, Object)`.

  Since:
    1.8
  See Also:
    `Predicate`

- - ### Method Summary

    All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Default Methods
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `default BiPredicate<T,U>` | `and(BiPredicate<? super T,? super U> other)` Returns a composed predicate that represents a short-circuiting logical AND of this predicate and another.
    `default BiPredicate<T,U>` | `negate()` Returns a predicate that represents the logical negation of this predicate.
    `default BiPredicate<T,U>` | `or(BiPredicate<? super T,? super U> other)` Returns a composed predicate that represents a short-circuiting logical OR of this predicate and another.
    `boolean` | `test(T t, U u)` Evaluates this predicate on the given arguments.

- - ### Method Detail

    - #### test

          boolean test(T t,
                       U u)

      Evaluates this predicate on the given arguments.
      Parameters:
        `t` - the first input argument
        `u` - the second input argument
      Returns:
        `true` if the input arguments match the predicate, otherwise `false`

    - #### and

          default BiPredicate<T,U> and(BiPredicate<? super T,? super U> other)

      Returns a composed predicate that represents a short-circuiting logical AND of this predicate and another. When evaluating the composed predicate, if this predicate is `false`, then the `other` predicate is not evaluated.

      Any exceptions thrown during evaluation of either predicate are relayed to the caller; if evaluation of this predicate throws an exception, the `other` predicate will not be evaluated.

      Parameters:
        `other` - a predicate that will be logically-ANDed with this predicate
      Returns:
        a composed predicate that represents the short-circuiting logical AND of this predicate and the `other` predicate
      Throws:
        `NullPointerException` - if other is null

    - #### negate

          default BiPredicate<T,U> negate()

      Returns a predicate that represents the logical negation of this predicate.
      Returns:
        a predicate that represents the logical negation of this predicate

    - #### or

          default BiPredicate<T,U> or(BiPredicate<? super T,? super U> other)

      Returns a composed predicate that represents a short-circuiting logical OR of this predicate and another. When evaluating the composed predicate, if this predicate is `true`, then the `other` predicate is not evaluated.

      Any exceptions thrown during evaluation of either predicate are relayed to the caller; if evaluation of this predicate throws an exception, the `other` predicate will not be evaluated.

      Parameters:
        `other` - a predicate that will be logically-ORed with this predicate
      Returns:
        a composed predicate that represents the short-circuiting logical OR of this predicate and the `other` predicate
      Throws:
        `NullPointerException` - if other is null

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