*         If all functions return null, the composite function returns null.
     *
     * @throws NullPointerException if the input collection is null or contains null elements.
     */
    static Function<String, String> chain(Collection<? extends Function<String, String>> functions) {
        return s -> {
            for (Function<String, String> function : functions) {
                String v = function.apply(s);

 *       to <i>some</i> degree to make this unlikely. (Without this condition, a function that
 *       always returns zero could be called a hash function. It is not.)
 * </ul>
 *
 * <p>Summarizing the last two points: "equal yield equal <i>always</i>; unequal yield unequal
 * <i>often</i>." This is the most important characteristic of all hash functions.
 *
 * <h3>Desirable properties</h3>
 *

 *       to <i>some</i> degree to make this unlikely. (Without this condition, a function that
 *       always returns zero could be called a hash function. It is not.)
 * </ul>
 *
 * <p>Summarizing the last two points: "equal yield equal <i>always</i>; unequal yield unequal
 * <i>often</i>." This is the most important characteristic of all hash functions.
 *
 * <h3>Desirable properties</h3>
 *

    <function-class>org.codelibs.fess.taglib.FessFunctions</function-class>
    <function-signature>java.lang.String sdh(java.lang.String)</function-signature>
    <example>${fe:sdh(doc.similar_docs_hash)}</example>
  </function>

  <function>
    <description>Concatenate strings.</description>
    <name>join</name>
    <function-class>org.codelibs.fess.taglib.FessFunctions</function-class>

In this case, the task function will write to a file (simulating sending an email).

And as the write operation doesn't use `async` and `await`, we define the function with normal `def`:

{* ../../docs_src/background_tasks/tutorial001.py hl[6:9] *}

## Add the background task

e)for(var o in e)r.d(n,o,function(t){return e[t]}.bind(null,o));return n},r.n=function(t){var e=t&&t.__esModule?function(){return t.default}:function(){return t};return r.d(e,"a",e),e},r.o=function(t,e){return Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(t,e)},r.p="",r(r.s=0)}([function(t,e,n){"use strict";var r="function"==typeof Symbol&&"symbol"==typeof Symbol.iterator?function(t){return typeof t}:function(t){return t&&"function"==typeof Symbol&&t.constructor===Symbol&&t!==Symbol.prototype?"symbol":typeof ...

	"net"
	"time"
)

// LookupHost is a function to make custom lookupHost for optional cached DNS requests
type LookupHost func(ctx context.Context, host string) (addrs []string, err error)

// DialContextWithLookupHost is a helper function which returns `net.DialContext` function.
// It randomly fetches an IP via custom LookupHost function and dials it by the given dial

 *  @author Victor Jonsson, http://victorjonsson.se
 *  @license MIT
 */

  var IMG_LOADING_DELAY = 200;
  var IMG_LOADING_MAX = 0;
  loadImage = function(img, url, limit) {
    var imgData = new Image();
    $(imgData).on("load", function() {
      $(img).css("background-image", "");
      $(img).attr("src", url);
    });
    $(imgData).on("error", function() {
      if (limit > 0) {
        setTimeout(function() {
          loadImage(img, url, --limit);
        }, IMG_LOADING_DELAY);

    checkArgument(!list.isEmpty(), "number of hash functions (%s) must be > 0", list.size());
    return new ConcatenatedHashFunction(list.toArray(new HashFunction[0]));
  }

  private static final class ConcatenatedHashFunction extends AbstractCompositeHashFunction {

    private ConcatenatedHashFunction(HashFunction... functions) {
      super(functions);
      for (HashFunction function : functions) {
        checkArgument(