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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.commons.lang3.function;
+
+import java.util.Objects;
+import java.util.function.BiFunction;
+import java.util.function.Function;
+
+/**
+ * A functional interface like {@link BiFunction} that declares a {@link Throwable}.
+ *
+ * @param <T> Input type 1.
+ * @param <U> Input type 2.
+ * @param <R> Return type.
+ * @param <E> The kind of thrown exception or error.
+ * @since 3.11
+ */
+@FunctionalInterface
+public interface FailableBiFunction<T, U, R, E extends Throwable> {
+
+    /** NOP singleton */
+    @SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
+    FailableBiFunction NOP = (t, u) -> null;
+
+    /**
+     * Returns The NOP singleton.
+     *
+     * @param <T> Consumed type 1.
+     * @param <U> Consumed type 2.
+     * @param <R> Return type.
+     * @param <E> The kind of thrown exception or error.
+     * @return The NOP singleton.
+     */
+    static <T, U, R, E extends Throwable> FailableBiFunction<T, U, R, E> nop() {
+        return NOP;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns a composed {@link FailableBiFunction} that like {@link BiFunction#andThen(Function)}.
+     *
+     * @param <V> the output type of the {@code after} function, and of the composed function.
+     * @param after the operation to perform after this one.
+     * @return a composed {@link FailableBiFunction} that like {@link BiFunction#andThen(Function)}.
+     * @throws NullPointerException when {@code after} is null.
+     */
+    default <V> FailableBiFunction<T, U, V, E> andThen(final FailableFunction<? super R, ? extends V, E> after) {
+        Objects.requireNonNull(after);
+        return (final T t, final U u) -> after.apply(apply(t, u));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Applies this function.
+     *
+     * @param input1 the first input for the function
+     * @param input2 the second input for the function
+     * @return the result of the function
+     * @throws E Thrown when the function fails.
+     */
+    R apply(T input1, U input2) throws E;
+}