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016    
017    package com.google.common.collect;
018    
019    import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkArgument;
020    import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
021    import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkState;
022    
023    import com.google.common.annotations.Beta;
024    import com.google.common.annotations.GwtCompatible;
025    import com.google.common.annotations.GwtIncompatible;
026    import com.google.common.base.Function;
027    import com.google.common.base.Objects;
028    import com.google.common.base.Optional;
029    import com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
030    import com.google.common.base.Predicate;
031    import com.google.common.base.Predicates;
032    
033    import java.util.Arrays;
034    import java.util.Collection;
035    import java.util.Collections;
036    import java.util.Comparator;
037    import java.util.Enumeration;
038    import java.util.Iterator;
039    import java.util.List;
040    import java.util.NoSuchElementException;
041    import java.util.PriorityQueue;
042    import java.util.Queue;
043    
044    import javax.annotation.Nullable;
045    
046    /**
047     * This class contains static utility methods that operate on or return objects
048     * of type {@link Iterator}. Except as noted, each method has a corresponding
049     * {@link Iterable}-based method in the {@link Iterables} class.
050     *
051     * <p><i>Performance notes:</i> Unless otherwise noted, all of the iterators
052     * produced in this class are <i>lazy</i>, which means that they only advance
053     * the backing iteration when absolutely necessary.
054     *
055     * @author Kevin Bourrillion
056     * @author Jared Levy
057     * @since 2.0 (imported from Google Collections Library)
058     */
059    @GwtCompatible(emulated = true)
060    public final class Iterators {
061      private Iterators() {}
062    
063      static final UnmodifiableIterator<Object> EMPTY_ITERATOR
064          = new UnmodifiableIterator<Object>() {
065            @Override
066            public boolean hasNext() {
067              return false;
068            }
069            @Override
070            public Object next() {
071              throw new NoSuchElementException();
072            }
073          };
074    
075      /**
076       * Returns the empty iterator.
077       *
078       * <p>The {@link Iterable} equivalent of this method is {@link
079       * ImmutableSet#of()}.
080       */
081      // Casting to any type is safe since there are no actual elements.
082      @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
083      public static <T> UnmodifiableIterator<T> emptyIterator() {
084        return (UnmodifiableIterator<T>) EMPTY_ITERATOR;
085      }
086    
087      private static final Iterator<Object> EMPTY_MODIFIABLE_ITERATOR =
088          new Iterator<Object>() {
089            @Override public boolean hasNext() {
090              return false;
091            }
092    
093            @Override public Object next() {
094              throw new NoSuchElementException();
095            }
096    
097            @Override public void remove() {
098              throw new IllegalStateException();
099            }
100          };
101    
102      /**
103       * Returns the empty {@code Iterator} that throws
104       * {@link IllegalStateException} instead of
105       * {@link UnsupportedOperationException} on a call to
106       * {@link Iterator#remove()}.
107       */
108      // Casting to any type is safe since there are no actual elements.
109      @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
110      static <T> Iterator<T> emptyModifiableIterator() {
111        return (Iterator<T>) EMPTY_MODIFIABLE_ITERATOR;
112      }
113    
114      /** Returns an unmodifiable view of {@code iterator}. */
115      public static <T> UnmodifiableIterator<T> unmodifiableIterator(
116          final Iterator<T> iterator) {
117        checkNotNull(iterator);
118        if (iterator instanceof UnmodifiableIterator) {
119          return (UnmodifiableIterator<T>) iterator;
120        }
121        return new UnmodifiableIterator<T>() {
122          @Override
123          public boolean hasNext() {
124            return iterator.hasNext();
125          }
126          @Override
127          public T next() {
128            return iterator.next();
129          }
130        };
131      }
132    
133      /**
134       * Simply returns its argument.
135       *
136       * @deprecated no need to use this
137       * @since 10.0
138       */
139      @Deprecated public static <T> UnmodifiableIterator<T> unmodifiableIterator(
140          UnmodifiableIterator<T> iterator) {
141        return checkNotNull(iterator);
142      }
143    
144      /**
145       * Returns the number of elements remaining in {@code iterator}. The iterator
146       * will be left exhausted: its {@code hasNext()} method will return
147       * {@code false}.
148       */
149      public static int size(Iterator<?> iterator) {
150        int count = 0;
151        while (iterator.hasNext()) {
152          iterator.next();
153          count++;
154        }
155        return count;
156      }
157    
158      /**
159       * Returns {@code true} if {@code iterator} contains {@code element}.
160       */
161      public static boolean contains(Iterator<?> iterator, @Nullable Object element)
162      {
163        if (element == null) {
164          while (iterator.hasNext()) {
165            if (iterator.next() == null) {
166              return true;
167            }
168          }
169        } else {
170          while (iterator.hasNext()) {
171            if (element.equals(iterator.next())) {
172              return true;
173            }
174          }
175        }
176        return false;
177      }
178    
179      /**
180       * Traverses an iterator and removes every element that belongs to the
181       * provided collection. The iterator will be left exhausted: its
182       * {@code hasNext()} method will return {@code false}.
183       *
184       * @param removeFrom the iterator to (potentially) remove elements from
185       * @param elementsToRemove the elements to remove
186       * @return {@code true} if any element was removed from {@code iterator}
187       */
188      public static boolean removeAll(
189          Iterator<?> removeFrom, Collection<?> elementsToRemove) {
190        checkNotNull(elementsToRemove);
191        boolean modified = false;
192        while (removeFrom.hasNext()) {
193          if (elementsToRemove.contains(removeFrom.next())) {
194            removeFrom.remove();
195            modified = true;
196          }
197        }
198        return modified;
199      }
200    
201      /**
202       * Removes every element that satisfies the provided predicate from the
203       * iterator. The iterator will be left exhausted: its {@code hasNext()}
204       * method will return {@code false}.
205       *
206       * @param removeFrom the iterator to (potentially) remove elements from
207       * @param predicate a predicate that determines whether an element should
208       *     be removed
209       * @return {@code true} if any elements were removed from the iterator
210       * @since 2.0
211       */
212      public static <T> boolean removeIf(
213          Iterator<T> removeFrom, Predicate<? super T> predicate) {
214        checkNotNull(predicate);
215        boolean modified = false;
216        while (removeFrom.hasNext()) {
217          if (predicate.apply(removeFrom.next())) {
218            removeFrom.remove();
219            modified = true;
220          }
221        }
222        return modified;
223      }
224    
225      /**
226       * Traverses an iterator and removes every element that does not belong to the
227       * provided collection. The iterator will be left exhausted: its
228       * {@code hasNext()} method will return {@code false}.
229       *
230       * @param removeFrom the iterator to (potentially) remove elements from
231       * @param elementsToRetain the elements to retain
232       * @return {@code true} if any element was removed from {@code iterator}
233       */
234      public static boolean retainAll(
235          Iterator<?> removeFrom, Collection<?> elementsToRetain) {
236        checkNotNull(elementsToRetain);
237        boolean modified = false;
238        while (removeFrom.hasNext()) {
239          if (!elementsToRetain.contains(removeFrom.next())) {
240            removeFrom.remove();
241            modified = true;
242          }
243        }
244        return modified;
245      }
246    
247      /**
248       * Determines whether two iterators contain equal elements in the same order.
249       * More specifically, this method returns {@code true} if {@code iterator1}
250       * and {@code iterator2} contain the same number of elements and every element
251       * of {@code iterator1} is equal to the corresponding element of
252       * {@code iterator2}.
253       *
254       * <p>Note that this will modify the supplied iterators, since they will have
255       * been advanced some number of elements forward.
256       */
257      public static boolean elementsEqual(
258          Iterator<?> iterator1, Iterator<?> iterator2) {
259        while (iterator1.hasNext()) {
260          if (!iterator2.hasNext()) {
261            return false;
262          }
263          Object o1 = iterator1.next();
264          Object o2 = iterator2.next();
265          if (!Objects.equal(o1, o2)) {
266            return false;
267          }
268        }
269        return !iterator2.hasNext();
270      }
271    
272      /**
273       * Returns a string representation of {@code iterator}, with the format
274       * {@code [e1, e2, ..., en]}. The iterator will be left exhausted: its
275       * {@code hasNext()} method will return {@code false}.
276       */
277      public static String toString(Iterator<?> iterator) {
278        if (!iterator.hasNext()) {
279          return "[]";
280        }
281        StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
282        builder.append('[').append(iterator.next());
283        while (iterator.hasNext()) {
284          builder.append(", ").append(iterator.next());
285        }
286        return builder.append(']').toString();
287      }
288    
289      /**
290       * Returns the single element contained in {@code iterator}.
291       *
292       * @throws NoSuchElementException if the iterator is empty
293       * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the iterator contains multiple
294       *     elements.  The state of the iterator is unspecified.
295       */
296      public static <T> T getOnlyElement(Iterator<T> iterator) {
297        T first = iterator.next();
298        if (!iterator.hasNext()) {
299          return first;
300        }
301    
302        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
303        sb.append("expected one element but was: <" + first);
304        for (int i = 0; i < 4 && iterator.hasNext(); i++) {
305          sb.append(", " + iterator.next());
306        }
307        if (iterator.hasNext()) {
308          sb.append(", ...");
309        }
310        sb.append('>');
311    
312        throw new IllegalArgumentException(sb.toString());
313      }
314    
315      /**
316       * Returns the single element contained in {@code iterator}, or {@code
317       * defaultValue} if the iterator is empty.
318       *
319       * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the iterator contains multiple
320       *     elements.  The state of the iterator is unspecified.
321       */
322      public static <T> T getOnlyElement(
323          Iterator<T> iterator, @Nullable T defaultValue) {
324        return iterator.hasNext() ? getOnlyElement(iterator) : defaultValue;
325      }
326    
327      /**
328       * Copies an iterator's elements into an array. The iterator will be left
329       * exhausted: its {@code hasNext()} method will return {@code false}.
330       *
331       * @param iterator the iterator to copy
332       * @param type the type of the elements
333       * @return a newly-allocated array into which all the elements of the iterator
334       *         have been copied
335       */
336      @GwtIncompatible("Array.newInstance(Class, int)")
337      public static <T> T[] toArray(
338          Iterator<? extends T> iterator, Class<T> type) {
339        List<T> list = Lists.newArrayList(iterator);
340        return Iterables.toArray(list, type);
341      }
342    
343      /**
344       * Adds all elements in {@code iterator} to {@code collection}. The iterator
345       * will be left exhausted: its {@code hasNext()} method will return
346       * {@code false}.
347       *
348       * @return {@code true} if {@code collection} was modified as a result of this
349       *         operation
350       */
351      public static <T> boolean addAll(
352          Collection<T> addTo, Iterator<? extends T> iterator) {
353        checkNotNull(addTo);
354        boolean wasModified = false;
355        while (iterator.hasNext()) {
356          wasModified |= addTo.add(iterator.next());
357        }
358        return wasModified;
359      }
360    
361      /**
362       * Returns the number of elements in the specified iterator that equal the
363       * specified object. The iterator will be left exhausted: its
364       * {@code hasNext()} method will return {@code false}.
365       *
366       * @see Collections#frequency
367       */
368      public static int frequency(Iterator<?> iterator, @Nullable Object element) {
369        int result = 0;
370        if (element == null) {
371          while (iterator.hasNext()) {
372            if (iterator.next() == null) {
373              result++;
374            }
375          }
376        } else {
377          while (iterator.hasNext()) {
378            if (element.equals(iterator.next())) {
379              result++;
380            }
381          }
382        }
383        return result;
384      }
385    
386      /**
387       * Returns an iterator that cycles indefinitely over the elements of {@code
388       * iterable}.
389       *
390       * <p>The returned iterator supports {@code remove()} if the provided iterator
391       * does. After {@code remove()} is called, subsequent cycles omit the removed
392       * element, which is no longer in {@code iterable}. The iterator's
393       * {@code hasNext()} method returns {@code true} until {@code iterable} is
394       * empty.
395       *
396       * <p><b>Warning:</b> Typical uses of the resulting iterator may produce an
397       * infinite loop. You should use an explicit {@code break} or be certain that
398       * you will eventually remove all the elements.
399       */
400      public static <T> Iterator<T> cycle(final Iterable<T> iterable) {
401        checkNotNull(iterable);
402        return new Iterator<T>() {
403          Iterator<T> iterator = emptyIterator();
404          Iterator<T> removeFrom;
405    
406          @Override
407          public boolean hasNext() {
408            if (!iterator.hasNext()) {
409              iterator = iterable.iterator();
410            }
411            return iterator.hasNext();
412          }
413          @Override
414          public T next() {
415            if (!hasNext()) {
416              throw new NoSuchElementException();
417            }
418            removeFrom = iterator;
419            return iterator.next();
420          }
421          @Override
422          public void remove() {
423            checkState(removeFrom != null,
424                "no calls to next() since last call to remove()");
425            removeFrom.remove();
426            removeFrom = null;
427          }
428        };
429      }
430    
431      /**
432       * Returns an iterator that cycles indefinitely over the provided elements.
433       *
434       * <p>The returned iterator supports {@code remove()} if the provided iterator
435       * does. After {@code remove()} is called, subsequent cycles omit the removed
436       * element, but {@code elements} does not change. The iterator's
437       * {@code hasNext()} method returns {@code true} until all of the original
438       * elements have been removed.
439       *
440       * <p><b>Warning:</b> Typical uses of the resulting iterator may produce an
441       * infinite loop. You should use an explicit {@code break} or be certain that
442       * you will eventually remove all the elements.
443       */
444      public static <T> Iterator<T> cycle(T... elements) {
445        return cycle(Lists.newArrayList(elements));
446      }
447    
448      /**
449       * Combines two iterators into a single iterator. The returned iterator
450       * iterates across the elements in {@code a}, followed by the elements in
451       * {@code b}. The source iterators are not polled until necessary.
452       *
453       * <p>The returned iterator supports {@code remove()} when the corresponding
454       * input iterator supports it.
455       */
456      @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
457      public static <T> Iterator<T> concat(Iterator<? extends T> a,
458          Iterator<? extends T> b) {
459        checkNotNull(a);
460        checkNotNull(b);
461        return concat(Arrays.asList(a, b).iterator());
462      }
463    
464      /**
465       * Combines three iterators into a single iterator. The returned iterator
466       * iterates across the elements in {@code a}, followed by the elements in
467       * {@code b}, followed by the elements in {@code c}. The source iterators
468       * are not polled until necessary.
469       *
470       * <p>The returned iterator supports {@code remove()} when the corresponding
471       * input iterator supports it.
472       */
473      @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
474      public static <T> Iterator<T> concat(Iterator<? extends T> a,
475          Iterator<? extends T> b, Iterator<? extends T> c) {
476        checkNotNull(a);
477        checkNotNull(b);
478        checkNotNull(c);
479        return concat(Arrays.asList(a, b, c).iterator());
480      }
481    
482      /**
483       * Combines four iterators into a single iterator. The returned iterator
484       * iterates across the elements in {@code a}, followed by the elements in
485       * {@code b}, followed by the elements in {@code c}, followed by the elements
486       * in {@code d}. The source iterators are not polled until necessary.
487       *
488       * <p>The returned iterator supports {@code remove()} when the corresponding
489       * input iterator supports it.
490       */
491      @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
492      public static <T> Iterator<T> concat(Iterator<? extends T> a,
493          Iterator<? extends T> b, Iterator<? extends T> c,
494          Iterator<? extends T> d) {
495        checkNotNull(a);
496        checkNotNull(b);
497        checkNotNull(c);
498        checkNotNull(d);
499        return concat(Arrays.asList(a, b, c, d).iterator());
500      }
501    
502      /**
503       * Combines multiple iterators into a single iterator. The returned iterator
504       * iterates across the elements of each iterator in {@code inputs}. The input
505       * iterators are not polled until necessary.
506       *
507       * <p>The returned iterator supports {@code remove()} when the corresponding
508       * input iterator supports it.
509       *
510       * @throws NullPointerException if any of the provided iterators is null
511       */
512      public static <T> Iterator<T> concat(Iterator<? extends T>... inputs) {
513        return concat(ImmutableList.copyOf(inputs).iterator());
514      }
515    
516      /**
517       * Combines multiple iterators into a single iterator. The returned iterator
518       * iterates across the elements of each iterator in {@code inputs}. The input
519       * iterators are not polled until necessary.
520       *
521       * <p>The returned iterator supports {@code remove()} when the corresponding
522       * input iterator supports it. The methods of the returned iterator may throw
523       * {@code NullPointerException} if any of the input iterators is null.
524       */
525      public static <T> Iterator<T> concat(
526          final Iterator<? extends Iterator<? extends T>> inputs) {
527        checkNotNull(inputs);
528        return new Iterator<T>() {
529          Iterator<? extends T> current = emptyIterator();
530          Iterator<? extends T> removeFrom;
531    
532          @Override
533          public boolean hasNext() {
534            // http://code.google.com/p/google-collections/issues/detail?id=151
535            // current.hasNext() might be relatively expensive, worth minimizing.
536            boolean currentHasNext;
537            // checkNotNull eager for GWT
538            // note: it must be here & not where 'current' is assigned,
539            // because otherwise we'll have called inputs.next() before throwing
540            // the first NPE, and the next time around we'll call inputs.next()
541            // again, incorrectly moving beyond the error.
542            while (!(currentHasNext = checkNotNull(current).hasNext())
543                && inputs.hasNext()) {
544              current = inputs.next();
545            }
546            return currentHasNext;
547          }
548          @Override
549          public T next() {
550            if (!hasNext()) {
551              throw new NoSuchElementException();
552            }
553            removeFrom = current;
554            return current.next();
555          }
556          @Override
557          public void remove() {
558            checkState(removeFrom != null,
559                "no calls to next() since last call to remove()");
560            removeFrom.remove();
561            removeFrom = null;
562          }
563        };
564      }
565    
566      /**
567       * Divides an iterator into unmodifiable sublists of the given size (the final
568       * list may be smaller). For example, partitioning an iterator containing
569       * {@code [a, b, c, d, e]} with a partition size of 3 yields {@code
570       * [[a, b, c], [d, e]]} -- an outer iterator containing two inner lists of
571       * three and two elements, all in the original order.
572       *
573       * <p>The returned lists implement {@link java.util.RandomAccess}.
574       *
575       * @param iterator the iterator to return a partitioned view of
576       * @param size the desired size of each partition (the last may be smaller)
577       * @return an iterator of immutable lists containing the elements of {@code
578       *     iterator} divided into partitions
579       * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code size} is nonpositive
580       */
581      public static <T> UnmodifiableIterator<List<T>> partition(
582          Iterator<T> iterator, int size) {
583        return partitionImpl(iterator, size, false);
584      }
585    
586      /**
587       * Divides an iterator into unmodifiable sublists of the given size, padding
588       * the final iterator with null values if necessary. For example, partitioning
589       * an iterator containing {@code [a, b, c, d, e]} with a partition size of 3
590       * yields {@code [[a, b, c], [d, e, null]]} -- an outer iterator containing
591       * two inner lists of three elements each, all in the original order.
592       *
593       * <p>The returned lists implement {@link java.util.RandomAccess}.
594       *
595       * @param iterator the iterator to return a partitioned view of
596       * @param size the desired size of each partition
597       * @return an iterator of immutable lists containing the elements of {@code
598       *     iterator} divided into partitions (the final iterable may have
599       *     trailing null elements)
600       * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code size} is nonpositive
601       */
602      public static <T> UnmodifiableIterator<List<T>> paddedPartition(
603          Iterator<T> iterator, int size) {
604        return partitionImpl(iterator, size, true);
605      }
606    
607      private static <T> UnmodifiableIterator<List<T>> partitionImpl(
608          final Iterator<T> iterator, final int size, final boolean pad) {
609        checkNotNull(iterator);
610        checkArgument(size > 0);
611        return new UnmodifiableIterator<List<T>>() {
612          @Override
613          public boolean hasNext() {
614            return iterator.hasNext();
615          }
616          @Override
617          public List<T> next() {
618            if (!hasNext()) {
619              throw new NoSuchElementException();
620            }
621            Object[] array = new Object[size];
622            int count = 0;
623            for (; count < size && iterator.hasNext(); count++) {
624              array[count] = iterator.next();
625            }
626            for (int i = count; i < size; i++) {
627              array[i] = null; // for GWT
628            }
629    
630            @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // we only put Ts in it
631            List<T> list = Collections.unmodifiableList(
632                (List<T>) Arrays.asList(array));
633            return (pad || count == size) ? list : list.subList(0, count);
634          }
635        };
636      }
637    
638      /**
639       * Returns the elements of {@code unfiltered} that satisfy a predicate.
640       */
641      public static <T> UnmodifiableIterator<T> filter(
642          final Iterator<T> unfiltered, final Predicate<? super T> predicate) {
643        checkNotNull(unfiltered);
644        checkNotNull(predicate);
645        return new AbstractIterator<T>() {
646          @Override protected T computeNext() {
647            while (unfiltered.hasNext()) {
648              T element = unfiltered.next();
649              if (predicate.apply(element)) {
650                return element;
651              }
652            }
653            return endOfData();
654          }
655        };
656      }
657    
658      /**
659       * Returns all instances of class {@code type} in {@code unfiltered}. The
660       * returned iterator has elements whose class is {@code type} or a subclass of
661       * {@code type}.
662       *
663       * @param unfiltered an iterator containing objects of any type
664       * @param type the type of elements desired
665       * @return an unmodifiable iterator containing all elements of the original
666       *     iterator that were of the requested type
667       */
668      @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // can cast to <T> because non-Ts are removed
669      @GwtIncompatible("Class.isInstance")
670      public static <T> UnmodifiableIterator<T> filter(
671          Iterator<?> unfiltered, Class<T> type) {
672        return (UnmodifiableIterator<T>)
673            filter(unfiltered, Predicates.instanceOf(type));
674      }
675    
676      /**
677       * Returns {@code true} if one or more elements returned by {@code iterator}
678       * satisfy the given predicate.
679       */
680      public static <T> boolean any(
681          Iterator<T> iterator, Predicate<? super T> predicate) {
682        checkNotNull(predicate);
683        while (iterator.hasNext()) {
684          T element = iterator.next();
685          if (predicate.apply(element)) {
686            return true;
687          }
688        }
689        return false;
690      }
691    
692      /**
693       * Returns {@code true} if every element returned by {@code iterator}
694       * satisfies the given predicate. If {@code iterator} is empty, {@code true}
695       * is returned.
696       */
697      public static <T> boolean all(
698          Iterator<T> iterator, Predicate<? super T> predicate) {
699        checkNotNull(predicate);
700        while (iterator.hasNext()) {
701          T element = iterator.next();
702          if (!predicate.apply(element)) {
703            return false;
704          }
705        }
706        return true;
707      }
708    
709      /**
710       * Returns the first element in {@code iterator} that satisfies the given
711       * predicate; use this method only when such an element is known to exist. If
712       * no such element is found, the iterator will be left exhausted: its {@code
713       * hasNext()} method will return {@code false}. If it is possible that
714       * <i>no</i> element will match, use {@link #tryFind)} or {@link
715       * #find(Iterator, Predicate, T)} instead.
716       *
717       * @throws NoSuchElementException if no element in {@code iterator} matches
718       *     the given predicate
719       */
720      public static <T> T find(
721          Iterator<T> iterator, Predicate<? super T> predicate) {
722        return filter(iterator, predicate).next();
723      }
724    
725      /**
726       * Returns the first element in {@code iterator} that satisfies the given
727       * predicate. If no such element is found, {@code defaultValue} will be
728       * returned from this method and the iterator will be left exhausted: its
729       * {@code hasNext()} method will return {@code false}. Note that this can
730       * usually be handled more naturally using {@code
731       * tryFind(iterator, predicate).or(defaultValue)}.
732       *
733       * @since 7.0
734       */
735      public static <T> T find(Iterator<T> iterator, Predicate<? super T> predicate,
736          @Nullable T defaultValue) {
737        UnmodifiableIterator<T> filteredIterator = filter(iterator, predicate);
738        return filteredIterator.hasNext() ? filteredIterator.next() : defaultValue;
739      }
740    
741      /**
742       * Returns an {@link Optional} containing the first element in {@code
743       * iterator} that satisfies the given predicate, if such an element exists. If
744       * no such element is found, an empty {@link Optional} will be returned from
745       * this method and the the iterator will be left exhausted: its {@code
746       * hasNext()} method will return {@code false}.
747       *
748       * <p><b>Warning:</b> avoid using a {@code predicate} that matches {@code
749       * null}. If {@code null} is matched in {@code iterator}, a
750       * NullPointerException will be thrown.
751       *
752       * @since 11.0
753       */
754      public static <T> Optional<T> tryFind(
755          Iterator<T> iterator, Predicate<? super T> predicate) {
756        UnmodifiableIterator<T> filteredIterator = filter(iterator, predicate);
757        return filteredIterator.hasNext()
758            ? Optional.of(filteredIterator.next())
759            : Optional.<T>absent();
760      }
761    
762      /**
763       * Returns the index in {@code iterator} of the first element that satisfies
764       * the provided {@code predicate}, or {@code -1} if the Iterator has no such
765       * elements.
766       *
767       * <p>More formally, returns the lowest index {@code i} such that
768       * {@code predicate.apply(Iterators.get(iterator, i))} returns {@code true},
769       * or {@code -1} if there is no such index.
770       *
771       * <p>If -1 is returned, the iterator will be left exhausted: its
772       * {@code hasNext()} method will return {@code false}.  Otherwise,
773       * the iterator will be set to the element which satisfies the
774       * {@code predicate}.
775       *
776       * @since 2.0
777       */
778      public static <T> int indexOf(
779          Iterator<T> iterator, Predicate<? super T> predicate) {
780        checkNotNull(predicate, "predicate");
781        int i = 0;
782        while (iterator.hasNext()) {
783          T current = iterator.next();
784          if (predicate.apply(current)) {
785            return i;
786          }
787          i++;
788        }
789        return -1;
790      }
791    
792      /**
793       * Returns an iterator that applies {@code function} to each element of {@code
794       * fromIterator}.
795       *
796       * <p>The returned iterator supports {@code remove()} if the provided iterator
797       * does. After a successful {@code remove()} call, {@code fromIterator} no
798       * longer contains the corresponding element.
799       */
800      public static <F, T> Iterator<T> transform(final Iterator<F> fromIterator,
801          final Function<? super F, ? extends T> function) {
802        checkNotNull(fromIterator);
803        checkNotNull(function);
804        return new Iterator<T>() {
805          @Override
806          public boolean hasNext() {
807            return fromIterator.hasNext();
808          }
809          @Override
810          public T next() {
811            F from = fromIterator.next();
812            return function.apply(from);
813          }
814          @Override
815          public void remove() {
816            fromIterator.remove();
817          }
818        };
819      }
820    
821      /**
822       * Advances {@code iterator} {@code position + 1} times, returning the
823       * element at the {@code position}th position.
824       *
825       * @param position position of the element to return
826       * @return the element at the specified position in {@code iterator}
827       * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if {@code position} is negative or
828       *     greater than or equal to the number of elements remaining in
829       *     {@code iterator}
830       */
831      public static <T> T get(Iterator<T> iterator, int position) {
832        checkNonnegative(position);
833    
834        int skipped = 0;
835        while (iterator.hasNext()) {
836          T t = iterator.next();
837          if (skipped++ == position) {
838            return t;
839          }
840        }
841    
842        throw new IndexOutOfBoundsException("position (" + position
843            + ") must be less than the number of elements that remained ("
844            + skipped + ")");
845      }
846    
847      private static void checkNonnegative(int position) {
848        if (position < 0) {
849          throw new IndexOutOfBoundsException("position (" + position
850              + ") must not be negative");
851        }
852      }
853    
854      /**
855       * Advances {@code iterator} {@code position + 1} times, returning the
856       * element at the {@code position}th position or {@code defaultValue}
857       * otherwise.
858       *
859       * @param position position of the element to return
860       * @param defaultValue the default value to return if the iterator is empty
861       *     or if {@code position} is greater than the number of elements
862       *     remaining in {@code iterator}
863       * @return the element at the specified position in {@code iterator} or
864       *     {@code defaultValue} if {@code iterator} produces fewer than
865       *     {@code position + 1} elements.
866       * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if {@code position} is negative
867       * @since 4.0
868       */
869      public static <T> T get(Iterator<T> iterator, int position,
870          @Nullable T defaultValue) {
871        checkNonnegative(position);
872    
873        try {
874          return get(iterator, position);
875        } catch (IndexOutOfBoundsException e) {
876          return defaultValue;
877        }
878      }
879    
880      /**
881       * Returns the next element in {@code iterator} or {@code defaultValue} if
882       * the iterator is empty.  The {@link Iterables} analog to this method is
883       * {@link Iterables#getFirst}.
884       *
885       * @param defaultValue the default value to return if the iterator is empty
886       * @return the next element of {@code iterator} or the default value
887       * @since 7.0
888       */
889      public static <T> T getNext(Iterator<T> iterator, @Nullable T defaultValue) {
890        return iterator.hasNext() ? iterator.next() : defaultValue;
891      }
892    
893      /**
894       * Advances {@code iterator} to the end, returning the last element.
895       *
896       * @return the last element of {@code iterator}
897       * @throws NoSuchElementException if the iterator is empty
898       */
899      public static <T> T getLast(Iterator<T> iterator) {
900        while (true) {
901          T current = iterator.next();
902          if (!iterator.hasNext()) {
903            return current;
904          }
905        }
906      }
907    
908      /**
909       * Advances {@code iterator} to the end, returning the last element or
910       * {@code defaultValue} if the iterator is empty.
911       *
912       * @param defaultValue the default value to return if the iterator is empty
913       * @return the last element of {@code iterator}
914       * @since 3.0
915       */
916      public static <T> T getLast(Iterator<T> iterator, @Nullable T defaultValue) {
917        return iterator.hasNext() ? getLast(iterator) : defaultValue;
918      }
919    
920      /**
921       * Calls {@code next()} on {@code iterator}, either {@code numberToSkip} times
922       * or until {@code hasNext()} returns {@code false}, whichever comes first.
923       *
924       * @return the number of elements skipped
925       * @since 3.0
926       */
927      @Beta
928      public static <T> int skip(Iterator<T> iterator, int numberToSkip) {
929        checkNotNull(iterator);
930        checkArgument(numberToSkip >= 0, "number to skip cannot be negative");
931    
932        int i;
933        for (i = 0; i < numberToSkip && iterator.hasNext(); i++) {
934          iterator.next();
935        }
936        return i;
937      }
938    
939      /**
940       * Creates an iterator returning the first {@code limitSize} elements of the
941       * given iterator. If the original iterator does not contain that many
942       * elements, the returned iterator will have the same behavior as the original
943       * iterator. The returned iterator supports {@code remove()} if the original
944       * iterator does.
945       *
946       * @param iterator the iterator to limit
947       * @param limitSize the maximum number of elements in the returned iterator
948       * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code limitSize} is negative
949       * @since 3.0
950       */
951      public static <T> Iterator<T> limit(
952          final Iterator<T> iterator, final int limitSize) {
953        checkNotNull(iterator);
954        checkArgument(limitSize >= 0, "limit is negative");
955        return new Iterator<T>() {
956          private int count;
957    
958          @Override
959          public boolean hasNext() {
960            return count < limitSize && iterator.hasNext();
961          }
962    
963          @Override
964          public T next() {
965            if (!hasNext()) {
966              throw new NoSuchElementException();
967            }
968            count++;
969            return iterator.next();
970          }
971    
972          @Override
973          public void remove() {
974            iterator.remove();
975          }
976        };
977      }
978    
979      /**
980       * Returns a view of the supplied {@code iterator} that removes each element
981       * from the supplied {@code iterator} as it is returned.
982       *
983       * <p>The provided iterator must support {@link Iterator#remove()} or
984       * else the returned iterator will fail on the first call to {@code
985       * next}.
986       *
987       * @param iterator the iterator to remove and return elements from
988       * @return an iterator that removes and returns elements from the
989       *     supplied iterator
990       * @since 2.0
991       */
992      public static <T> Iterator<T> consumingIterator(final Iterator<T> iterator) {
993        checkNotNull(iterator);
994        return new UnmodifiableIterator<T>() {
995          @Override
996          public boolean hasNext() {
997            return iterator.hasNext();
998          }
999    
1000          @Override
1001          public T next() {
1002            T next = iterator.next();
1003            iterator.remove();
1004            return next;
1005          }
1006        };
1007      }
1008    
1009      // Methods only in Iterators, not in Iterables
1010    
1011      /**
1012       * Clears the iterator using its remove method.
1013       */
1014      static void clear(Iterator<?> iterator) {
1015        checkNotNull(iterator);
1016        while (iterator.hasNext()) {
1017          iterator.next();
1018          iterator.remove();
1019        }
1020      }
1021    
1022      /**
1023       * Returns an iterator containing the elements of {@code array} in order. The
1024       * returned iterator is a view of the array; subsequent changes to the array
1025       * will be reflected in the iterator.
1026       *
1027       * <p><b>Note:</b> It is often preferable to represent your data using a
1028       * collection type, for example using {@link Arrays#asList(Object[])}, making
1029       * this method unnecessary.
1030       *
1031       * <p>The {@code Iterable} equivalent of this method is either {@link
1032       * Arrays#asList(Object[])}, {@link ImmutableList#copyOf(Object[])}},
1033       * or {@link ImmutableList#of}.
1034       */
1035      public static <T> UnmodifiableIterator<T> forArray(final T... array) {
1036        // TODO(kevinb): compare performance with Arrays.asList(array).iterator().
1037        checkNotNull(array);  // eager for GWT.
1038        return new AbstractIndexedListIterator<T>(array.length) {
1039          @Override protected T get(int index) {
1040            return array[index];
1041          }
1042        };
1043      }
1044    
1045      /**
1046       * Returns an iterator containing the elements in the specified range of
1047       * {@code array} in order. The returned iterator is a view of the array;
1048       * subsequent changes to the array will be reflected in the iterator.
1049       *
1050       * <p>The {@code Iterable} equivalent of this method is {@code
1051       * Arrays.asList(array).subList(offset, offset + length)}.
1052       *
1053       * @param array array to read elements out of
1054       * @param offset index of first array element to retrieve
1055       * @param length number of elements in iteration
1056       * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if {@code offset} is negative, {@code
1057       *     length} is negative, or {@code offset + length > array.length}
1058       */
1059      static <T> UnmodifiableIterator<T> forArray(
1060          final T[] array, final int offset, int length) {
1061        checkArgument(length >= 0);
1062        int end = offset + length;
1063    
1064        // Technically we should give a slightly more descriptive error on overflow
1065        Preconditions.checkPositionIndexes(offset, end, array.length);
1066    
1067        /*
1068         * We can't use call the two-arg constructor with arguments (offset, end)
1069         * because the returned Iterator is a ListIterator that may be moved back
1070         * past the beginning of the iteration.
1071         */
1072        return new AbstractIndexedListIterator<T>(length) {
1073          @Override protected T get(int index) {
1074            return array[offset + index];
1075          }
1076        };
1077      }
1078    
1079      /**
1080       * Returns an iterator containing only {@code value}.
1081       *
1082       * <p>The {@link Iterable} equivalent of this method is {@link
1083       * Collections#singleton}.
1084       */
1085      public static <T> UnmodifiableIterator<T> singletonIterator(
1086          @Nullable final T value) {
1087        return new UnmodifiableIterator<T>() {
1088          boolean done;
1089          @Override
1090          public boolean hasNext() {
1091            return !done;
1092          }
1093          @Override
1094          public T next() {
1095            if (done) {
1096              throw new NoSuchElementException();
1097            }
1098            done = true;
1099            return value;
1100          }
1101        };
1102      }
1103    
1104      /**
1105       * Adapts an {@code Enumeration} to the {@code Iterator} interface.
1106       *
1107       * <p>This method has no equivalent in {@link Iterables} because viewing an
1108       * {@code Enumeration} as an {@code Iterable} is impossible. However, the
1109       * contents can be <i>copied</i> into a collection using {@link
1110       * Collections#list}.
1111       */
1112      public static <T> UnmodifiableIterator<T> forEnumeration(
1113          final Enumeration<T> enumeration) {
1114        checkNotNull(enumeration);
1115        return new UnmodifiableIterator<T>() {
1116          @Override
1117          public boolean hasNext() {
1118            return enumeration.hasMoreElements();
1119          }
1120          @Override
1121          public T next() {
1122            return enumeration.nextElement();
1123          }
1124        };
1125      }
1126    
1127      /**
1128       * Adapts an {@code Iterator} to the {@code Enumeration} interface.
1129       *
1130       * <p>The {@code Iterable} equivalent of this method is either {@link
1131       * Collections#enumeration} (if you have a {@link Collection}), or
1132       * {@code Iterators.asEnumeration(collection.iterator())}.
1133       */
1134      public static <T> Enumeration<T> asEnumeration(final Iterator<T> iterator) {
1135        checkNotNull(iterator);
1136        return new Enumeration<T>() {
1137          @Override
1138          public boolean hasMoreElements() {
1139            return iterator.hasNext();
1140          }
1141          @Override
1142          public T nextElement() {
1143            return iterator.next();
1144          }
1145        };
1146      }
1147    
1148      /**
1149       * Implementation of PeekingIterator that avoids peeking unless necessary.
1150       */
1151      private static class PeekingImpl<E> implements PeekingIterator<E> {
1152    
1153        private final Iterator<? extends E> iterator;
1154        private boolean hasPeeked;
1155        private E peekedElement;
1156    
1157        public PeekingImpl(Iterator<? extends E> iterator) {
1158          this.iterator = checkNotNull(iterator);
1159        }
1160    
1161        @Override
1162        public boolean hasNext() {
1163          return hasPeeked || iterator.hasNext();
1164        }
1165    
1166        @Override
1167        public E next() {
1168          if (!hasPeeked) {
1169            return iterator.next();
1170          }
1171          E result = peekedElement;
1172          hasPeeked = false;
1173          peekedElement = null;
1174          return result;
1175        }
1176    
1177        @Override
1178        public void remove() {
1179          checkState(!hasPeeked, "Can't remove after you've peeked at next");
1180          iterator.remove();
1181        }
1182    
1183        @Override
1184        public E peek() {
1185          if (!hasPeeked) {
1186            peekedElement = iterator.next();
1187            hasPeeked = true;
1188          }
1189          return peekedElement;
1190        }
1191      }
1192    
1193      /**
1194       * Returns a {@code PeekingIterator} backed by the given iterator.
1195       *
1196       * <p>Calls to the {@code peek} method with no intervening calls to {@code
1197       * next} do not affect the iteration, and hence return the same object each
1198       * time. A subsequent call to {@code next} is guaranteed to return the same
1199       * object again. For example: <pre>   {@code
1200       *
1201       *   PeekingIterator<String> peekingIterator =
1202       *       Iterators.peekingIterator(Iterators.forArray("a", "b"));
1203       *   String a1 = peekingIterator.peek(); // returns "a"
1204       *   String a2 = peekingIterator.peek(); // also returns "a"
1205       *   String a3 = peekingIterator.next(); // also returns "a"}</pre>
1206       *
1207       * Any structural changes to the underlying iteration (aside from those
1208       * performed by the iterator's own {@link PeekingIterator#remove()} method)
1209       * will leave the iterator in an undefined state.
1210       *
1211       * <p>The returned iterator does not support removal after peeking, as
1212       * explained by {@link PeekingIterator#remove()}.
1213       *
1214       * <p>Note: If the given iterator is already a {@code PeekingIterator},
1215       * it <i>might</i> be returned to the caller, although this is neither
1216       * guaranteed to occur nor required to be consistent.  For example, this
1217       * method <i>might</i> choose to pass through recognized implementations of
1218       * {@code PeekingIterator} when the behavior of the implementation is
1219       * known to meet the contract guaranteed by this method.
1220       *
1221       * <p>There is no {@link Iterable} equivalent to this method, so use this
1222       * method to wrap each individual iterator as it is generated.
1223       *
1224       * @param iterator the backing iterator. The {@link PeekingIterator} assumes
1225       *     ownership of this iterator, so users should cease making direct calls
1226       *     to it after calling this method.
1227       * @return a peeking iterator backed by that iterator. Apart from the
1228       *     additional {@link PeekingIterator#peek()} method, this iterator behaves
1229       *     exactly the same as {@code iterator}.
1230       */
1231      public static <T> PeekingIterator<T> peekingIterator(
1232          Iterator<? extends T> iterator) {
1233        if (iterator instanceof PeekingImpl) {
1234          // Safe to cast <? extends T> to <T> because PeekingImpl only uses T
1235          // covariantly (and cannot be subclassed to add non-covariant uses).
1236          @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
1237          PeekingImpl<T> peeking = (PeekingImpl<T>) iterator;
1238          return peeking;
1239        }
1240        return new PeekingImpl<T>(iterator);
1241      }
1242    
1243      /**
1244       * Simply returns its argument.
1245       *
1246       * @deprecated no need to use this
1247       * @since 10.0
1248       */
1249      @Deprecated public static <T> PeekingIterator<T> peekingIterator(
1250          PeekingIterator<T> iterator) {
1251        return checkNotNull(iterator);
1252      }
1253    
1254      /**
1255       * Returns an iterator over the merged contents of all given
1256       * {@code iterators}, traversing every element of the input iterators.
1257       * Equivalent entries will not be de-duplicated.
1258       *
1259       * <p>Callers must ensure that the source {@code iterators} are in
1260       * non-descending order as this method does not sort its input.
1261       *
1262       * <p>For any equivalent elements across all {@code iterators}, it is
1263       * undefined which element is returned first.
1264       *
1265       * @since 11.0
1266       */
1267      @Beta
1268      public static <T> UnmodifiableIterator<T> mergeSorted(
1269          Iterable<? extends Iterator<? extends T>> iterators,
1270          Comparator<? super T> comparator) {
1271        checkNotNull(iterators, "iterators");
1272        checkNotNull(comparator, "comparator");
1273    
1274        return new MergingIterator<T>(iterators, comparator);
1275      }
1276    
1277      /**
1278       * An iterator that performs a lazy N-way merge, calculating the next value
1279       * each time the iterator is polled. This amortizes the sorting cost over the
1280       * iteration and requires less memory than sorting all elements at once.
1281       *
1282       * <p>Retrieving a single element takes approximately O(log(M)) time, where M
1283       * is the number of iterators. (Retrieving all elements takes approximately
1284       * O(N*log(M)) time, where N is the total number of elements.)
1285       */
1286      private static class MergingIterator<T> extends AbstractIterator<T> {
1287        final Queue<PeekingIterator<T>> queue;
1288        final Comparator<? super T> comparator;
1289    
1290        public MergingIterator(Iterable<? extends Iterator<? extends T>> iterators,
1291            Comparator<? super T> itemComparator) {
1292          this.comparator = itemComparator;
1293    
1294          // A comparator that's used by the heap, allowing the heap
1295          // to be sorted based on the top of each iterator.
1296          Comparator<PeekingIterator<T>> heapComparator =
1297              new Comparator<PeekingIterator<T>>() {
1298                @Override
1299                public int compare(PeekingIterator<T> o1, PeekingIterator<T> o2) {
1300                  return comparator.compare(o1.peek(), o2.peek());
1301                }
1302              };
1303    
1304          queue = new PriorityQueue<PeekingIterator<T>>(2, heapComparator);
1305    
1306          for (Iterator<? extends T> iterator : iterators) {
1307            if (iterator.hasNext()) {
1308              queue.add(Iterators.peekingIterator(iterator));
1309            }
1310          }
1311        }
1312    
1313        @Override
1314        protected T computeNext() {
1315          if (queue.isEmpty()) {
1316            return endOfData();
1317          }
1318    
1319          PeekingIterator<T> nextIter = queue.poll();
1320          T next = nextIter.next();
1321    
1322          if (nextIter.hasNext()) {
1323            queue.add(nextIter);
1324          }
1325    
1326          return next;
1327        }
1328      }
1329    }