Why a Consumer is not a Function.

java.util.function.Consumer does not extend java.util.function.Function. But what if you want a set of both types? Why isn’t there a ConsumerFunction?

A ConsumerFunction is not defined in java.util.function. You can easily do it yourself. But you will see that it’s not that simple. void is a keyword in Java. There is a class Void and (by reflection) you can even get an instance of Void. But you have to use a return statement to get a Function.

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