# Interface BiPredicate<T,U>

Type Parameters:
  `T` - the type of the first argument to the predicate
  `U` - the type of the second argument the predicate

Functional Interface:
  This is a functional interface and can therefore be used as the assignment target for a lambda expression or method reference.

@FunctionalInterface public interface BiPredicate<T,U>
Represents a predicate (boolean-valued function) of two arguments. This is the two-arity specialization of `Predicate`.

This is a functional interface whose functional method is `test(Object, Object)`.

Since:
  1.8
See Also:
  - `Predicate`

## Method Summary

Modifier and Type
Method
Description
`default BiPredicate<T,U>`
`and(BiPredicate<? super T, ? super U> other)`
Returns a composed predicate that represents a short-circuiting logical AND of this predicate and another.
`default BiPredicate<T,U>`
`negate()`
Returns a predicate that represents the logical negation of this predicate.
`default BiPredicate<T,U>`
`or(BiPredicate<? super T, ? super U> other)`
Returns a composed predicate that represents a short-circuiting logical OR of this predicate and another.
`boolean`
`test(T t, U u)`
Evaluates this predicate on the given arguments.

## Method Details

### test

boolean test(T t, U u)
Evaluates this predicate on the given arguments.

Parameters:
  `t` - the first input argument
  `u` - the second input argument
Returns:
  `true` if the input arguments match the predicate, otherwise `false`

### and

default BiPredicate<T,U> and(BiPredicate<? super T, ? super U> other)
Returns a composed predicate that represents a short-circuiting logical AND of this predicate and another. When evaluating the composed predicate, if this predicate is `false`, then the `other` predicate is not evaluated.

Any exceptions thrown during evaluation of either predicate are relayed to the caller; if evaluation of this predicate throws an exception, the `other` predicate will not be evaluated.

Parameters:
  `other` - a predicate that will be logically-ANDed with this predicate
Returns:
  a composed predicate that represents the short-circuiting logical AND of this predicate and the `other` predicate
Throws:
  `NullPointerException` - if other is null

### negate

default BiPredicate<T,U> negate()
Returns a predicate that represents the logical negation of this predicate.

Returns:
  a predicate that represents the logical negation of this predicate

### or

default BiPredicate<T,U> or(BiPredicate<? super T, ? super U> other)
Returns a composed predicate that represents a short-circuiting logical OR of this predicate and another. When evaluating the composed predicate, if this predicate is `true`, then the `other` predicate is not evaluated.

Any exceptions thrown during evaluation of either predicate are relayed to the caller; if evaluation of this predicate throws an exception, the `other` predicate will not be evaluated.

Parameters:
  `other` - a predicate that will be logically-ORed with this predicate
Returns:
  a composed predicate that represents the short-circuiting logical OR of this predicate and the `other` predicate
Throws:
  `NullPointerException` - if other is null