Integration with product measure

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So far, I have come across some definition of product measure like this one:

$$d\pi(x,y) = d\mu(x)\delta(y),$$

where $\pi$ is a product measure on the produt space $(X,Y)$, and $\mu$ is a measure on $X$.

But I don't know what $\delta$ means. Is it the delta dirac function? If yes, what the integral

$$\int_{A \times B} f(x,y) d\pi(x,y) = \int_A \int_B f(x,y) \delta(y) d \mu(x)$$

should be, provided that $A$ is a measurable set in $X$, $B$ is measurable set in $Y$ and $f$ is a nonnegative measurable function in $X \times Y$?

Actually, I'm reading about optimal transport, and I came across it in the Villani's book "Topics in Optimal Transportation". Here is the picture:

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Any help is highly appreciated.