Is there an interface similar to Callable but with arguments?

Question

Is there an interface in Java similar to the Callable interface, that can accept an argument to its call method?

Like so:

public interface M         


        

Answer 1

Since Java 8 there is a whole set of Function-like interfaces in the java.util.function package. The one you're asking for specifically is simply Function.

Prior to Java 8, there was no general-purpose, built-in interface for this, but some libraries provided it.

For example Guava has the Function interface with the method T apply(F input). It also makes heavy use of that interface in several places.