diff --git a/common-types/src/main/java/io/carbynestack/common/function/AnyThrowingFunction.java b/common-types/src/main/java/io/carbynestack/common/function/AnyThrowingFunction.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2021 - for information on the respective copyright owner
+ * see the NOTICE file and/or the repository https://github.com/carbynestack/common.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+package io.carbynestack.common.function;
+
+/**
+ * Represents a {@link ThrowingFunction} throwing any kind of {@link Throwable}.
+ *
+ * @param <T> the type of the input to the function
+ * @param <R> the type of the result of the function
+ * @version JDK 8
+ * @since 0.2.0
+ */
+public interface AnyThrowingFunction<T, R> extends ThrowingFunction<T, R, Throwable> {
+    /**
+     * {@inheritDoc}
+     *
+     * @param t the function argument
+     * @return the function result
+     * @throws Throwable some throwable
+     * @since 0.2.0
+     */
+    @Override
+    R apply(T t) throws Throwable;
+}
diff --git a/common-types/src/main/java/io/carbynestack/common/function/ThrowingFunction.java b/common-types/src/main/java/io/carbynestack/common/function/ThrowingFunction.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2021 - for information on the respective copyright owner
+ * see the NOTICE file and/or the repository https://github.com/carbynestack/common.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+package io.carbynestack.common.function;
+
+/**
+ * Represents a throwing function that accepts one
+ * argument and produces a result.
+ *
+ * @param <T> the type of the input to the function
+ * @param <R> the type of the result of the function
+ * @version JDK 8
+ * @since 0.2.0
+ */
+public interface ThrowingFunction<T, R, E extends Throwable> {
+    /**
+     * Applies this function to the given argument
+     * or throws a {@link Throwable} of type {@link E}.
+     *
+     * @param t the function argument
+     * @return the function result
+     * @throws E a throwable
+     * @since 0.2.0
+     */
+    R apply(T t) throws E;
+}
diff --git a/common-types/src/test/java/io/carbynestack/common/function/AnyThrowingFunctionTest.java b/common-types/src/test/java/io/carbynestack/common/function/AnyThrowingFunctionTest.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2021 - for information on the respective copyright owner
+ * see the NOTICE file and/or the repository https://github.com/carbynestack/common.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+package io.carbynestack.common.function;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatThrownBy;
+
+class AnyThrowingFunctionTest {
+    @Test
+    void apply() throws Throwable {
+        var value = 12;
+        AnyThrowingFunction<Integer, Integer> function = v -> v;
+        assertThat(function.apply(value)).isEqualTo(value);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void applyThrowsException() {
+        AnyThrowingFunction<Integer, Integer> function = v -> {
+            throw new IOException();
+        };
+        assertThatThrownBy(() -> function.apply(12))
+                .isExactlyInstanceOf(IOException.class);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/common-types/src/test/java/io/carbynestack/common/function/ThrowingFunctionTest.java b/common-types/src/test/java/io/carbynestack/common/function/ThrowingFunctionTest.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2021 - for information on the respective copyright owner
+ * see the NOTICE file and/or the repository https://github.com/carbynestack/common.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+package io.carbynestack.common.function;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatThrownBy;
+
+class ThrowingFunctionTest {
+    @Test
+    void apply() {
+        var value = 12;
+        ThrowingFunction<Integer, Integer, RuntimeException> function = v -> v;
+        assertThat(function.apply(value)).isEqualTo(value);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void applyCheckedException() throws IOException {
+        var value = 12;
+        ThrowingFunction<Integer, Integer, IOException> function = v -> v;
+        assertThat(function.apply(value)).isEqualTo(value);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void applyThrowsException() {
+        ThrowingFunction<Integer, Integer, IOException> function = v -> {
+            throw new IOException();
+        };
+        assertThatThrownBy(() -> function.apply(12))
+                .isExactlyInstanceOf(IOException.class);
+    }
+}