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+/*
+ * Copyright 2000-2017 JetBrains s.r.o. Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+ */
+package com.intellij.openapi.util;
+
+/**
+ * @deprecated use com.intellij.util.Function
+ */
+public interface Transform <S, T> {
+  T transform(S s);
+}
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