};
    return derive(future.transformAsync(applyFunction, executor));
  }

  /**
   * Returns an {@link AsyncClosingFunction} that applies an {@link AsyncFunction} to an input,
   * ignoring the DeferredCloser and returning a {@code ClosingFuture} derived from the returned
   * {@link ListenableFuture}.
   *
   * <p>Use this method to pass a transformation to {@link #transformAsync(AsyncClosingFunction,

   * Example usage:
   *
   * {@snippet :
   * ListenableFuture<RowKey> rowKeyFuture = indexService.lookUp(query);
   * ListenableFuture<QueryResult> queryFuture =
   *     transformAsync(rowKeyFuture, dataService::readFuture, executor);
   * }
   *
   * <p>When selecting an executor, note that {@code directExecutor} is dangerous in some cases. See