/**
 * Copyright 2016 Netflix, Inc.
 *
 * Licensed 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
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 */

package io.reactivex;

/**
 * Interface to map/wrap a downstream observer to an upstream observer.
 *
 * @param <Downstream> the value type of the downstream
 * @param <Upstream> the value type of the upstream
 */
public interface ObservableOperator<Downstream, Upstream> {
    /**
     * Applies a function to the child Observer and returns a new parent Observer.
     * @param observer the child Observer instance
     * @return the parent Observer instance
     * @throws Exception on failure
     */
    Observer<? super Upstream> apply(Observer<? super Downstream> observer) throws Exception;
}
