com.google.common.collect

Interface PeekingIterator<E>

All Superinterfaces:

Iterator<E>

@GwtCompatible
public interface PeekingIterator<E>
extends Iterator<E>

An iterator that supports a one-element lookahead while iterating.

See the Guava User Guide article on PeekingIterator.

Since:

2.0 (imported from Google Collections Library)

Author:

Mick Killianey

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
E	next() Returns the next element in the iteration.
E	peek() Returns the next element in the iteration, without advancing the iteration.
void	remove() Removes from the underlying collection the last element returned by this iterator (optional operation).

Methods inherited from interface java.util.Iterator

hasNext

Method Detail

peek

E peek()

Returns the next element in the iteration, without advancing the iteration.

Calls to peek() should not change the state of the iteration, except that it may prevent removal of the most recent element via remove().

Throws:

NoSuchElementException - if the iteration has no more elements according to Iterator.hasNext()

next

E next()

Returns the next element in the iteration.

The objects returned by consecutive calls to peek() then next() are guaranteed to be equal to each other.

Specified by:

next in interface Iterator<E>

Returns:

the next element in the iteration

remove

void remove()

Removes from the underlying collection the last element returned by this iterator (optional operation). This method can be called only once per call to Iterator.next(). The behavior of an iterator is unspecified if the underlying collection is modified while the iteration is in progress in any way other than by calling this method.

Implementations may or may not support removal when a call to peek() has occurred since the most recent call to next().

Specified by:

remove in interface Iterator<E>

Throws:

IllegalStateException - if there has been a call to peek() since the most recent call to next() and this implementation does not support this sequence of calls (optional)