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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 MaybeOperator<Downstream, Upstream> {
    /**
     * Applies a function to the child MaybeObserver and returns a new parent MaybeObserver.
     * @param observer the child MaybeObserver instance
     * @return the parent MaybeObserver instance
     * @throws Exception on failure
     */
    MaybeObserver<? super Upstream> apply(MaybeObserver<? super Downstream> observer) throws Exception;
}
