public interface BiConsumer

java.util.function.BiConsumer<T, U>



Represents an operation that accepts two input arguments and returns no result. This is the two-arity specialization of Consumer. Unlike most other functional interfaces, BiConsumer is expected to operate via side-effects.

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

Summary

Public methods

abstract void accept(T t, U u)

Performs this operation on the given arguments.

default BiConsumer<T, U> andThen(BiConsumer<? super T, ? super U> after)

Returns a composed BiConsumer that performs, in sequence, this operation followed by the after operation.

Public methods

accept

public abstract void accept (T t, 
                U u)

Performs this operation on the given arguments.

Parameters
t T: the first input argument
u U: the second input argument

andThen

public BiConsumer<T, U> andThen (BiConsumer<? super T, ? super U> after)

Returns a composed BiConsumer that performs, in sequence, this operation followed by the after operation. If performing either operation throws an exception, it is relayed to the caller of the composed operation. If performing this operation throws an exception, the after operation will not be performed.

Parameters
after BiConsumer: the operation to perform after this operation
Returns
BiConsumer<T, U> a composed BiConsumer that performs in sequence this operation followed by the after operation
Throws
NullPointerException if after is null

Content and code samples on this page are subject to the licenses described in the Content License. Java and OpenJDK are trademarks or registered trademarks of Oracle and/or its affiliates.

Last updated 2026-02-26 UTC.