};
    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,

import java.util.concurrent.Future;
import org.jspecify.annotations.Nullable;

/**
 * Transforms a value, possibly asynchronously. For an example usage and more information, see
 * {@link Futures#transformAsync(ListenableFuture, AsyncFunction, Executor)}.
 *
 * @author Chris Povirk
 * @since 11.0
 */
@GwtCompatible
public interface AsyncFunction<I extends @Nullable Object, O extends @Nullable Object> {
  /**

   *     input's failure (if not)
   */
  public final <T extends @Nullable Object> FluentFuture<T> transformAsync(
      AsyncFunction<? super V, T> function, Executor executor) {
    return (FluentFuture<T>) Futures.transformAsync(this, function, executor);
  }

  /**
   * Returns a new {@code Future} whose result is derived from the result of this {@code Future}. If

   * 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