Mapping (AutomataLib 0.11.0 API)

Type Parameters:

D - domain type.

R - range type.

All Superinterfaces:

Function<D,R>

All Known Subinterfaces:

MutableMapping<D,R>

All Known Implementing Classes:

ArrayMapping, BlockMap, MapMapping, StateIDGrowingMapping, StateIDStaticMapping

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 Mapping<D,R>
extends Function<D,R>
```
An interface for mapping objects of a certain domain type to objects of a certain range type.
A mapping is very much like a Map, but the perspective is a different one: Whereas a map is a (particularly finite) key/value collection, a mapping is more like a function: it does not support retrieval of all keys or values, because it does not require them to be stored at all. Instead, they can be calculated on the fly upon an invocation of get(Object).

- Method Summary
  
  All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Default Methods
  Modifier and Type Method Description
  
  default R apply(D elem)
  
  R get(D elem)
  Get the range object elem maps to.
  - Methods inherited from interface java.util.function.Function
    andThen, compose

- Method Detail
  - apply
```
default R apply(D elem)
```
    Specified by:
    
    apply in interface Function<D,R>
  - get
```
R get(D elem)
```
    Get the range object elem maps to.
    
    Parameters:
    
    elem - object from the domain.
    
    Returns:
    
    the object from the range corresponding to elem.