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016
017package com.google.common.collect;
018
019import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkArgument;
020import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
021import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkState;
022import static com.google.common.base.Predicates.equalTo;
023import static com.google.common.base.Predicates.in;
024import static com.google.common.base.Predicates.instanceOf;
025import static com.google.common.base.Predicates.not;
026
027import com.google.common.annotations.Beta;
028import com.google.common.annotations.GwtCompatible;
029import com.google.common.annotations.GwtIncompatible;
030import com.google.common.base.Function;
031import com.google.common.base.Objects;
032import com.google.common.base.Optional;
033import com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
034import com.google.common.base.Predicate;
035
036import java.util.Arrays;
037import java.util.Collection;
038import java.util.Collections;
039import java.util.Comparator;
040import java.util.Enumeration;
041import java.util.Iterator;
042import java.util.List;
043import java.util.ListIterator;
044import java.util.NoSuchElementException;
045import java.util.PriorityQueue;
046import java.util.Queue;
047
048import javax.annotation.Nullable;
049
050/**
051 * This class contains static utility methods that operate on or return objects
052 * of type {@link Iterator}. Except as noted, each method has a corresponding
053 * {@link Iterable}-based method in the {@link Iterables} class.
054 *
055 * <p><i>Performance notes:</i> Unless otherwise noted, all of the iterators
056 * produced in this class are <i>lazy</i>, which means that they only advance
057 * the backing iteration when absolutely necessary.
058 *
059 * <p>See the Guava User Guide section on <a href=
060 * "http://code.google.com/p/guava-libraries/wiki/CollectionUtilitiesExplained#Iterables">
061 * {@code Iterators}</a>.
062 *
063 * @author Kevin Bourrillion
064 * @author Jared Levy
065 * @since 2.0 (imported from Google Collections Library)
066 */
067@GwtCompatible(emulated = true)
068public final class Iterators {
069  private Iterators() {}
070
071  static final UnmodifiableListIterator<Object> EMPTY_LIST_ITERATOR
072      = new UnmodifiableListIterator<Object>() {
073        @Override
074        public boolean hasNext() {
075          return false;
076        }
077        @Override
078        public Object next() {
079          throw new NoSuchElementException();
080        }
081        @Override
082        public boolean hasPrevious() {
083          return false;
084        }
085        @Override
086        public Object previous() {
087          throw new NoSuchElementException();
088        }
089        @Override
090        public int nextIndex() {
091          return 0;
092        }
093        @Override
094        public int previousIndex() {
095          return -1;
096        }
097      };
098
099  /**
100   * Returns the empty iterator.
101   *
102   * <p>The {@link Iterable} equivalent of this method is {@link
103   * ImmutableSet#of()}.
104   */
105  public static <T> UnmodifiableIterator<T> emptyIterator() {
106    return emptyListIterator();
107  }
108
109  /**
110   * Returns the empty iterator.
111   *
112   * <p>The {@link Iterable} equivalent of this method is {@link
113   * ImmutableSet#of()}.
114   */
115  // Casting to any type is safe since there are no actual elements.
116  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
117  static <T> UnmodifiableListIterator<T> emptyListIterator() {
118    return (UnmodifiableListIterator<T>) EMPTY_LIST_ITERATOR;
119  }
120
121  private static final Iterator<Object> EMPTY_MODIFIABLE_ITERATOR =
122      new Iterator<Object>() {
123        @Override public boolean hasNext() {
124          return false;
125        }
126
127        @Override public Object next() {
128          throw new NoSuchElementException();
129        }
130
131        @Override public void remove() {
132          throw new IllegalStateException();
133        }
134      };
135
136  /**
137   * Returns the empty {@code Iterator} that throws
138   * {@link IllegalStateException} instead of
139   * {@link UnsupportedOperationException} on a call to
140   * {@link Iterator#remove()}.
141   */
142  // Casting to any type is safe since there are no actual elements.
143  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
144  static <T> Iterator<T> emptyModifiableIterator() {
145    return (Iterator<T>) EMPTY_MODIFIABLE_ITERATOR;
146  }
147
148  /** Returns an unmodifiable view of {@code iterator}. */
149  public static <T> UnmodifiableIterator<T> unmodifiableIterator(
150      final Iterator<T> iterator) {
151    checkNotNull(iterator);
152    if (iterator instanceof UnmodifiableIterator) {
153      return (UnmodifiableIterator<T>) iterator;
154    }
155    return new UnmodifiableIterator<T>() {
156      @Override
157      public boolean hasNext() {
158        return iterator.hasNext();
159      }
160      @Override
161      public T next() {
162        return iterator.next();
163      }
164    };
165  }
166
167  /**
168   * Simply returns its argument.
169   *
170   * @deprecated no need to use this
171   * @since 10.0
172   */
173  @Deprecated public static <T> UnmodifiableIterator<T> unmodifiableIterator(
174      UnmodifiableIterator<T> iterator) {
175    return checkNotNull(iterator);
176  }
177
178  /**
179   * Returns the number of elements remaining in {@code iterator}. The iterator
180   * will be left exhausted: its {@code hasNext()} method will return
181   * {@code false}.
182   */
183  public static int size(Iterator<?> iterator) {
184    int count = 0;
185    while (iterator.hasNext()) {
186      iterator.next();
187      count++;
188    }
189    return count;
190  }
191
192  /**
193   * Returns {@code true} if {@code iterator} contains {@code element}.
194   */
195  public static boolean contains(Iterator<?> iterator, @Nullable Object element) {
196    return any(iterator, equalTo(element));
197  }
198
199  /**
200   * Traverses an iterator and removes every element that belongs to the
201   * provided collection. The iterator will be left exhausted: its
202   * {@code hasNext()} method will return {@code false}.
203   *
204   * @param removeFrom the iterator to (potentially) remove elements from
205   * @param elementsToRemove the elements to remove
206   * @return {@code true} if any element was removed from {@code iterator}
207   */
208  public static boolean removeAll(
209      Iterator<?> removeFrom, Collection<?> elementsToRemove) {
210    return removeIf(removeFrom, in(elementsToRemove));
211  }
212
213  /**
214   * Removes every element that satisfies the provided predicate from the
215   * iterator. The iterator will be left exhausted: its {@code hasNext()}
216   * method will return {@code false}.
217   *
218   * @param removeFrom the iterator to (potentially) remove elements from
219   * @param predicate a predicate that determines whether an element should
220   *     be removed
221   * @return {@code true} if any elements were removed from the iterator
222   * @since 2.0
223   */
224  public static <T> boolean removeIf(
225      Iterator<T> removeFrom, Predicate<? super T> predicate) {
226    checkNotNull(predicate);
227    boolean modified = false;
228    while (removeFrom.hasNext()) {
229      if (predicate.apply(removeFrom.next())) {
230        removeFrom.remove();
231        modified = true;
232      }
233    }
234    return modified;
235  }
236
237  /**
238   * Traverses an iterator and removes every element that does not belong to the
239   * provided collection. The iterator will be left exhausted: its
240   * {@code hasNext()} method will return {@code false}.
241   *
242   * @param removeFrom the iterator to (potentially) remove elements from
243   * @param elementsToRetain the elements to retain
244   * @return {@code true} if any element was removed from {@code iterator}
245   */
246  public static boolean retainAll(
247      Iterator<?> removeFrom, Collection<?> elementsToRetain) {
248    return removeIf(removeFrom, not(in(elementsToRetain)));
249  }
250
251  /**
252   * Determines whether two iterators contain equal elements in the same order.
253   * More specifically, this method returns {@code true} if {@code iterator1}
254   * and {@code iterator2} contain the same number of elements and every element
255   * of {@code iterator1} is equal to the corresponding element of
256   * {@code iterator2}.
257   *
258   * <p>Note that this will modify the supplied iterators, since they will have
259   * been advanced some number of elements forward.
260   */
261  public static boolean elementsEqual(
262      Iterator<?> iterator1, Iterator<?> iterator2) {
263    while (iterator1.hasNext()) {
264      if (!iterator2.hasNext()) {
265        return false;
266      }
267      Object o1 = iterator1.next();
268      Object o2 = iterator2.next();
269      if (!Objects.equal(o1, o2)) {
270        return false;
271      }
272    }
273    return !iterator2.hasNext();
274  }
275
276  /**
277   * Returns a string representation of {@code iterator}, with the format
278   * {@code [e1, e2, ..., en]}. The iterator will be left exhausted: its
279   * {@code hasNext()} method will return {@code false}.
280   */
281  public static String toString(Iterator<?> iterator) {
282    return Collections2.STANDARD_JOINER
283        .appendTo(new StringBuilder().append('['), iterator)
284        .append(']')
285        .toString();
286  }
287
288  /**
289   * Returns the single element contained in {@code iterator}.
290   *
291   * @throws NoSuchElementException if the iterator is empty
292   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the iterator contains multiple
293   *     elements.  The state of the iterator is unspecified.
294   */
295  public static <T> T getOnlyElement(Iterator<T> iterator) {
296    T first = iterator.next();
297    if (!iterator.hasNext()) {
298      return first;
299    }
300
301    StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
302    sb.append("expected one element but was: <" + first);
303    for (int i = 0; i < 4 && iterator.hasNext(); i++) {
304      sb.append(", " + iterator.next());
305    }
306    if (iterator.hasNext()) {
307      sb.append(", ...");
308    }
309    sb.append('>');
310
311    throw new IllegalArgumentException(sb.toString());
312  }
313
314  /**
315   * Returns the single element contained in {@code iterator}, or {@code
316   * defaultValue} if the iterator is empty.
317   *
318   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the iterator contains multiple
319   *     elements.  The state of the iterator is unspecified.
320   */
321  @Nullable
322  public static <T> T getOnlyElement(Iterator<? extends T> iterator, @Nullable T defaultValue) {
323    return iterator.hasNext() ? getOnlyElement(iterator) : defaultValue;
324  }
325
326  /**
327   * Copies an iterator's elements into an array. The iterator will be left
328   * exhausted: its {@code hasNext()} method will return {@code false}.
329   *
330   * @param iterator the iterator to copy
331   * @param type the type of the elements
332   * @return a newly-allocated array into which all the elements of the iterator
333   *         have been copied
334   */
335  @GwtIncompatible("Array.newInstance(Class, int)")
336  public static <T> T[] toArray(
337      Iterator<? extends T> iterator, Class<T> type) {
338    List<T> list = Lists.newArrayList(iterator);
339    return Iterables.toArray(list, type);
340  }
341
342  /**
343   * Adds all elements in {@code iterator} to {@code collection}. The iterator
344   * will be left exhausted: its {@code hasNext()} method will return
345   * {@code false}.
346   *
347   * @return {@code true} if {@code collection} was modified as a result of this
348   *         operation
349   */
350  public static <T> boolean addAll(
351      Collection<T> addTo, Iterator<? extends T> iterator) {
352    checkNotNull(addTo);
353    checkNotNull(iterator);
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    return size(filter(iterator, equalTo(element)));
370  }
371
372  /**
373   * Returns an iterator that cycles indefinitely over the elements of {@code
374   * iterable}.
375   *
376   * <p>The returned iterator supports {@code remove()} if the provided iterator
377   * does. After {@code remove()} is called, subsequent cycles omit the removed
378   * element, which is no longer in {@code iterable}. The iterator's
379   * {@code hasNext()} method returns {@code true} until {@code iterable} is
380   * empty.
381   *
382   * <p><b>Warning:</b> Typical uses of the resulting iterator may produce an
383   * infinite loop. You should use an explicit {@code break} or be certain that
384   * you will eventually remove all the elements.
385   */
386  public static <T> Iterator<T> cycle(final Iterable<T> iterable) {
387    checkNotNull(iterable);
388    return new Iterator<T>() {
389      Iterator<T> iterator = emptyIterator();
390      Iterator<T> removeFrom;
391
392      @Override
393      public boolean hasNext() {
394        if (!iterator.hasNext()) {
395          iterator = iterable.iterator();
396        }
397        return iterator.hasNext();
398      }
399      @Override
400      public T next() {
401        if (!hasNext()) {
402          throw new NoSuchElementException();
403        }
404        removeFrom = iterator;
405        return iterator.next();
406      }
407      @Override
408      public void remove() {
409        checkRemove(removeFrom != null);
410        removeFrom.remove();
411        removeFrom = null;
412      }
413    };
414  }
415
416  /**
417   * Returns an iterator that cycles indefinitely over the provided elements.
418   *
419   * <p>The returned iterator supports {@code remove()}. After {@code remove()}
420   * is called, subsequent cycles omit the removed
421   * element, but {@code elements} does not change. The iterator's
422   * {@code hasNext()} method returns {@code true} until all of the original
423   * elements have been removed.
424   *
425   * <p><b>Warning:</b> Typical uses of the resulting iterator may produce an
426   * infinite loop. You should use an explicit {@code break} or be certain that
427   * you will eventually remove all the elements.
428   */
429  public static <T> Iterator<T> cycle(T... elements) {
430    return cycle(Lists.newArrayList(elements));
431  }
432
433  /**
434   * Combines two iterators into a single iterator. The returned iterator
435   * iterates across the elements in {@code a}, followed by the elements in
436   * {@code b}. The source iterators are not polled until necessary.
437   *
438   * <p>The returned iterator supports {@code remove()} when the corresponding
439   * input iterator supports it.
440   *
441   * <p><b>Note:</b> the current implementation is not suitable for nested
442   * concatenated iterators, i.e. the following should be avoided when in a loop:
443   * {@code iterator = Iterators.concat(iterator, suffix);}, since iteration over the
444   * resulting iterator has a cubic complexity to the depth of the nesting.
445   */
446  public static <T> Iterator<T> concat(Iterator<? extends T> a,
447      Iterator<? extends T> b) {
448    return concat(ImmutableList.of(a, b).iterator());
449  }
450
451  /**
452   * Combines three iterators into a single iterator. The returned iterator
453   * iterates across the elements in {@code a}, followed by the elements in
454   * {@code b}, followed by the elements in {@code c}. The source iterators
455   * are not polled until necessary.
456   *
457   * <p>The returned iterator supports {@code remove()} when the corresponding
458   * input iterator supports it.
459   *
460   * <p><b>Note:</b> the current implementation is not suitable for nested
461   * concatenated iterators, i.e. the following should be avoided when in a loop:
462   * {@code iterator = Iterators.concat(iterator, suffix);}, since iteration over the
463   * resulting iterator has a cubic complexity to the depth of the nesting.
464   */
465  public static <T> Iterator<T> concat(Iterator<? extends T> a,
466      Iterator<? extends T> b, Iterator<? extends T> c) {
467    return concat(ImmutableList.of(a, b, c).iterator());
468  }
469
470  /**
471   * Combines four iterators into a single iterator. The returned iterator
472   * iterates across the elements in {@code a}, followed by the elements in
473   * {@code b}, followed by the elements in {@code c}, followed by the elements
474   * in {@code d}. The source iterators are not polled until necessary.
475   *
476   * <p>The returned iterator supports {@code remove()} when the corresponding
477   * input iterator supports it.
478   *
479   * <p><b>Note:</b> the current implementation is not suitable for nested
480   * concatenated iterators, i.e. the following should be avoided when in a loop:
481   * {@code iterator = Iterators.concat(iterator, suffix);}, since iteration over the
482   * resulting iterator has a cubic complexity to the depth of the nesting.
483   */
484  public static <T> Iterator<T> concat(Iterator<? extends T> a,
485      Iterator<? extends T> b, Iterator<? extends T> c,
486      Iterator<? extends T> d) {
487    return concat(ImmutableList.of(a, b, c, d).iterator());
488  }
489
490  /**
491   * Combines multiple iterators into a single iterator. The returned iterator
492   * iterates across the elements of each iterator in {@code inputs}. The input
493   * iterators are not polled until necessary.
494   *
495   * <p>The returned iterator supports {@code remove()} when the corresponding
496   * input iterator supports it.
497   *
498   * <p><b>Note:</b> the current implementation is not suitable for nested
499   * concatenated iterators, i.e. the following should be avoided when in a loop:
500   * {@code iterator = Iterators.concat(iterator, suffix);}, since iteration over the
501   * resulting iterator has a cubic complexity to the depth of the nesting.
502   *
503   * @throws NullPointerException if any of the provided iterators is null
504   */
505  public static <T> Iterator<T> concat(Iterator<? extends T>... inputs) {
506    return concat(ImmutableList.copyOf(inputs).iterator());
507  }
508
509  /**
510   * Combines multiple iterators into a single iterator. The returned iterator
511   * iterates across the elements of each iterator in {@code inputs}. The input
512   * iterators are not polled until necessary.
513   *
514   * <p>The returned iterator supports {@code remove()} when the corresponding
515   * input iterator supports it. The methods of the returned iterator may throw
516   * {@code NullPointerException} if any of the input iterators is null.
517   *
518   * <p><b>Note:</b> the current implementation is not suitable for nested
519   * concatenated iterators, i.e. the following should be avoided when in a loop:
520   * {@code iterator = Iterators.concat(iterator, suffix);}, since iteration over the
521   * resulting iterator has a cubic complexity to the depth of the nesting.
522   */
523  public static <T> Iterator<T> concat(
524      final Iterator<? extends Iterator<? extends T>> inputs) {
525    checkNotNull(inputs);
526    return new Iterator<T>() {
527      Iterator<? extends T> current = emptyIterator();
528      Iterator<? extends T> removeFrom;
529
530      @Override
531      public boolean hasNext() {
532        // http://code.google.com/p/google-collections/issues/detail?id=151
533        // current.hasNext() might be relatively expensive, worth minimizing.
534        boolean currentHasNext;
535        // checkNotNull eager for GWT
536        // note: it must be here & not where 'current' is assigned,
537        // because otherwise we'll have called inputs.next() before throwing
538        // the first NPE, and the next time around we'll call inputs.next()
539        // again, incorrectly moving beyond the error.
540        while (!(currentHasNext = checkNotNull(current).hasNext())
541            && inputs.hasNext()) {
542          current = inputs.next();
543        }
544        return currentHasNext;
545      }
546      @Override
547      public T next() {
548        if (!hasNext()) {
549          throw new NoSuchElementException();
550        }
551        removeFrom = current;
552        return current.next();
553      }
554      @Override
555      public void remove() {
556        checkRemove(removeFrom != null);
557        removeFrom.remove();
558        removeFrom = null;
559      }
560    };
561  }
562
563  /**
564   * Divides an iterator into unmodifiable sublists of the given size (the final
565   * list may be smaller). For example, partitioning an iterator containing
566   * {@code [a, b, c, d, e]} with a partition size of 3 yields {@code
567   * [[a, b, c], [d, e]]} -- an outer iterator containing two inner lists of
568   * three and two elements, all in the original order.
569   *
570   * <p>The returned lists implement {@link java.util.RandomAccess}.
571   *
572   * @param iterator the iterator to return a partitioned view of
573   * @param size the desired size of each partition (the last may be smaller)
574   * @return an iterator of immutable lists containing the elements of {@code
575   *     iterator} divided into partitions
576   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code size} is nonpositive
577   */
578  public static <T> UnmodifiableIterator<List<T>> partition(
579      Iterator<T> iterator, int size) {
580    return partitionImpl(iterator, size, false);
581  }
582
583  /**
584   * Divides an iterator into unmodifiable sublists of the given size, padding
585   * the final iterator with null values if necessary. For example, partitioning
586   * an iterator containing {@code [a, b, c, d, e]} with a partition size of 3
587   * yields {@code [[a, b, c], [d, e, null]]} -- an outer iterator containing
588   * two inner lists of three elements each, all in the original order.
589   *
590   * <p>The returned lists implement {@link java.util.RandomAccess}.
591   *
592   * @param iterator the iterator to return a partitioned view of
593   * @param size the desired size of each partition
594   * @return an iterator of immutable lists containing the elements of {@code
595   *     iterator} divided into partitions (the final iterable may have
596   *     trailing null elements)
597   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code size} is nonpositive
598   */
599  public static <T> UnmodifiableIterator<List<T>> paddedPartition(
600      Iterator<T> iterator, int size) {
601    return partitionImpl(iterator, size, true);
602  }
603
604  private static <T> UnmodifiableIterator<List<T>> partitionImpl(
605      final Iterator<T> iterator, final int size, final boolean pad) {
606    checkNotNull(iterator);
607    checkArgument(size > 0);
608    return new UnmodifiableIterator<List<T>>() {
609      @Override
610      public boolean hasNext() {
611        return iterator.hasNext();
612      }
613      @Override
614      public List<T> next() {
615        if (!hasNext()) {
616          throw new NoSuchElementException();
617        }
618        Object[] array = new Object[size];
619        int count = 0;
620        for (; count < size && iterator.hasNext(); count++) {
621          array[count] = iterator.next();
622        }
623        for (int i = count; i < size; i++) {
624          array[i] = null; // for GWT
625        }
626
627        @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // we only put Ts in it
628        List<T> list = Collections.unmodifiableList(
629            (List<T>) Arrays.asList(array));
630        return (pad || count == size) ? list : list.subList(0, count);
631      }
632    };
633  }
634
635  /**
636   * Returns the elements of {@code unfiltered} that satisfy a predicate.
637   */
638  public static <T> UnmodifiableIterator<T> filter(
639      final Iterator<T> unfiltered, final Predicate<? super T> predicate) {
640    checkNotNull(unfiltered);
641    checkNotNull(predicate);
642    return new AbstractIterator<T>() {
643      @Override protected T computeNext() {
644        while (unfiltered.hasNext()) {
645          T element = unfiltered.next();
646          if (predicate.apply(element)) {
647            return element;
648          }
649        }
650        return endOfData();
651      }
652    };
653  }
654
655  /**
656   * Returns all instances of class {@code type} in {@code unfiltered}. The
657   * returned iterator has elements whose class is {@code type} or a subclass of
658   * {@code type}.
659   *
660   * @param unfiltered an iterator containing objects of any type
661   * @param type the type of elements desired
662   * @return an unmodifiable iterator containing all elements of the original
663   *     iterator that were of the requested type
664   */
665  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // can cast to <T> because non-Ts are removed
666  @GwtIncompatible("Class.isInstance")
667  public static <T> UnmodifiableIterator<T> filter(
668      Iterator<?> unfiltered, Class<T> type) {
669    return (UnmodifiableIterator<T>) filter(unfiltered, instanceOf(type));
670  }
671
672  /**
673   * Returns {@code true} if one or more elements returned by {@code iterator}
674   * satisfy the given predicate.
675   */
676  public static <T> boolean any(
677      Iterator<T> iterator, Predicate<? super T> predicate) {
678    return indexOf(iterator, predicate) != -1;
679  }
680
681  /**
682   * Returns {@code true} if every element returned by {@code iterator}
683   * satisfies the given predicate. If {@code iterator} is empty, {@code true}
684   * is returned.
685   */
686  public static <T> boolean all(
687      Iterator<T> iterator, Predicate<? super T> predicate) {
688    checkNotNull(predicate);
689    while (iterator.hasNext()) {
690      T element = iterator.next();
691      if (!predicate.apply(element)) {
692        return false;
693      }
694    }
695    return true;
696  }
697
698  /**
699   * Returns the first element in {@code iterator} that satisfies the given
700   * predicate; use this method only when such an element is known to exist. If
701   * no such element is found, the iterator will be left exhausted: its {@code
702   * hasNext()} method will return {@code false}. If it is possible that
703   * <i>no</i> element will match, use {@link #tryFind} or {@link
704   * #find(Iterator, Predicate, Object)} instead.
705   *
706   * @throws NoSuchElementException if no element in {@code iterator} matches
707   *     the given predicate
708   */
709  public static <T> T find(
710      Iterator<T> iterator, Predicate<? super T> predicate) {
711    return filter(iterator, predicate).next();
712  }
713
714  /**
715   * Returns the first element in {@code iterator} that satisfies the given
716   * predicate. If no such element is found, {@code defaultValue} will be
717   * returned from this method and the iterator will be left exhausted: its
718   * {@code hasNext()} method will return {@code false}. Note that this can
719   * usually be handled more naturally using {@code
720   * tryFind(iterator, predicate).or(defaultValue)}.
721   *
722   * @since 7.0
723   */
724  @Nullable
725  public static <T> T find(Iterator<? extends T> iterator, Predicate<? super T> predicate,
726      @Nullable T defaultValue) {
727    return getNext(filter(iterator, predicate), defaultValue);
728  }
729
730  /**
731   * Returns an {@link Optional} containing the first element in {@code
732   * iterator} that satisfies the given predicate, if such an element exists. If
733   * no such element is found, an empty {@link Optional} will be returned from
734   * this method and the iterator will be left exhausted: its {@code
735   * hasNext()} method will return {@code false}.
736   *
737   * <p><b>Warning:</b> avoid using a {@code predicate} that matches {@code
738   * null}. If {@code null} is matched in {@code iterator}, a
739   * NullPointerException will be thrown.
740   *
741   * @since 11.0
742   */
743  public static <T> Optional<T> tryFind(
744      Iterator<T> iterator, Predicate<? super T> predicate) {
745    UnmodifiableIterator<T> filteredIterator = filter(iterator, predicate);
746    return filteredIterator.hasNext()
747        ? Optional.of(filteredIterator.next())
748        : Optional.<T>absent();
749  }
750
751  /**
752   * Returns the index in {@code iterator} of the first element that satisfies
753   * the provided {@code predicate}, or {@code -1} if the Iterator has no such
754   * elements.
755   *
756   * <p>More formally, returns the lowest index {@code i} such that
757   * {@code predicate.apply(Iterators.get(iterator, i))} returns {@code true},
758   * or {@code -1} if there is no such index.
759   *
760   * <p>If -1 is returned, the iterator will be left exhausted: its
761   * {@code hasNext()} method will return {@code false}.  Otherwise,
762   * the iterator will be set to the element which satisfies the
763   * {@code predicate}.
764   *
765   * @since 2.0
766   */
767  public static <T> int indexOf(
768      Iterator<T> iterator, Predicate<? super T> predicate) {
769    checkNotNull(predicate, "predicate");
770    for (int i = 0; iterator.hasNext(); i++) {
771      T current = iterator.next();
772      if (predicate.apply(current)) {
773        return i;
774      }
775    }
776    return -1;
777  }
778
779  /**
780   * Returns an iterator that applies {@code function} to each element of {@code
781   * fromIterator}.
782   *
783   * <p>The returned iterator supports {@code remove()} if the provided iterator
784   * does. After a successful {@code remove()} call, {@code fromIterator} no
785   * longer contains the corresponding element.
786   */
787  public static <F, T> Iterator<T> transform(final Iterator<F> fromIterator,
788      final Function<? super F, ? extends T> function) {
789    checkNotNull(function);
790    return new TransformedIterator<F, T>(fromIterator) {
791      @Override
792      T transform(F from) {
793        return function.apply(from);
794      }
795    };
796  }
797
798  /**
799   * Advances {@code iterator} {@code position + 1} times, returning the
800   * element at the {@code position}th position.
801   *
802   * @param position position of the element to return
803   * @return the element at the specified position in {@code iterator}
804   * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if {@code position} is negative or
805   *     greater than or equal to the number of elements remaining in
806   *     {@code iterator}
807   */
808  public static <T> T get(Iterator<T> iterator, int position) {
809    checkNonnegative(position);
810    int skipped = advance(iterator, position);
811    if (!iterator.hasNext()) {
812      throw new IndexOutOfBoundsException("position (" + position
813          + ") must be less than the number of elements that remained ("
814          + skipped + ")");
815    }
816    return iterator.next();
817  }
818
819  static void checkNonnegative(int position) {
820    if (position < 0) {
821      throw new IndexOutOfBoundsException("position (" + position
822          + ") must not be negative");
823    }
824  }
825
826  /**
827   * Advances {@code iterator} {@code position + 1} times, returning the
828   * element at the {@code position}th position or {@code defaultValue}
829   * otherwise.
830   *
831   * @param position position of the element to return
832   * @param defaultValue the default value to return if the iterator is empty
833   *     or if {@code position} is greater than the number of elements
834   *     remaining in {@code iterator}
835   * @return the element at the specified position in {@code iterator} or
836   *     {@code defaultValue} if {@code iterator} produces fewer than
837   *     {@code position + 1} elements.
838   * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if {@code position} is negative
839   * @since 4.0
840   */
841  @Nullable
842  public static <T> T get(Iterator<? extends T> iterator, int position, @Nullable T defaultValue) {
843    checkNonnegative(position);
844    advance(iterator, position);
845    return getNext(iterator, defaultValue);
846  }
847
848  /**
849   * Returns the next element in {@code iterator} or {@code defaultValue} if
850   * the iterator is empty.  The {@link Iterables} analog to this method is
851   * {@link Iterables#getFirst}.
852   *
853   * @param defaultValue the default value to return if the iterator is empty
854   * @return the next element of {@code iterator} or the default value
855   * @since 7.0
856   */
857  @Nullable
858  public static <T> T getNext(Iterator<? extends T> iterator, @Nullable T defaultValue) {
859    return iterator.hasNext() ? iterator.next() : defaultValue;
860  }
861
862  /**
863   * Advances {@code iterator} to the end, returning the last element.
864   *
865   * @return the last element of {@code iterator}
866   * @throws NoSuchElementException if the iterator is empty
867   */
868  public static <T> T getLast(Iterator<T> iterator) {
869    while (true) {
870      T current = iterator.next();
871      if (!iterator.hasNext()) {
872        return current;
873      }
874    }
875  }
876
877  /**
878   * Advances {@code iterator} to the end, returning the last element or
879   * {@code defaultValue} if the iterator is empty.
880   *
881   * @param defaultValue the default value to return if the iterator is empty
882   * @return the last element of {@code iterator}
883   * @since 3.0
884   */
885  @Nullable
886  public static <T> T getLast(Iterator<? extends T> iterator, @Nullable T defaultValue) {
887    return iterator.hasNext() ? getLast(iterator) : defaultValue;
888  }
889
890  /**
891   * Calls {@code next()} on {@code iterator}, either {@code numberToAdvance} times
892   * or until {@code hasNext()} returns {@code false}, whichever comes first.
893   *
894   * @return the number of elements the iterator was advanced
895   * @since 13.0 (since 3.0 as {@code Iterators.skip})
896   */
897  public static int advance(Iterator<?> iterator, int numberToAdvance) {
898    checkNotNull(iterator);
899    checkArgument(numberToAdvance >= 0, "numberToAdvance must be nonnegative");
900
901    int i;
902    for (i = 0; i < numberToAdvance && iterator.hasNext(); i++) {
903      iterator.next();
904    }
905    return i;
906  }
907
908  /**
909   * Creates an iterator returning the first {@code limitSize} elements of the
910   * given iterator. If the original iterator does not contain that many
911   * elements, the returned iterator will have the same behavior as the original
912   * iterator. The returned iterator supports {@code remove()} if the original
913   * iterator does.
914   *
915   * @param iterator the iterator to limit
916   * @param limitSize the maximum number of elements in the returned iterator
917   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code limitSize} is negative
918   * @since 3.0
919   */
920  public static <T> Iterator<T> limit(
921      final Iterator<T> iterator, final int limitSize) {
922    checkNotNull(iterator);
923    checkArgument(limitSize >= 0, "limit is negative");
924    return new Iterator<T>() {
925      private int count;
926
927      @Override
928      public boolean hasNext() {
929        return count < limitSize && iterator.hasNext();
930      }
931
932      @Override
933      public T next() {
934        if (!hasNext()) {
935          throw new NoSuchElementException();
936        }
937        count++;
938        return iterator.next();
939      }
940
941      @Override
942      public void remove() {
943        iterator.remove();
944      }
945    };
946  }
947
948  /**
949   * Returns a view of the supplied {@code iterator} that removes each element
950   * from the supplied {@code iterator} as it is returned.
951   *
952   * <p>The provided iterator must support {@link Iterator#remove()} or
953   * else the returned iterator will fail on the first call to {@code
954   * next}.
955   *
956   * @param iterator the iterator to remove and return elements from
957   * @return an iterator that removes and returns elements from the
958   *     supplied iterator
959   * @since 2.0
960   */
961  public static <T> Iterator<T> consumingIterator(final Iterator<T> iterator) {
962    checkNotNull(iterator);
963    return new UnmodifiableIterator<T>() {
964      @Override
965      public boolean hasNext() {
966        return iterator.hasNext();
967      }
968
969      @Override
970      public T next() {
971        T next = iterator.next();
972        iterator.remove();
973        return next;
974      }
975    };
976  }
977
978  /**
979   * Deletes and returns the next value from the iterator, or returns
980   * {@code defaultValue} if there is no such value.
981   */
982  @Nullable
983  static <T> T pollNext(Iterator<T> iterator) {
984    if (iterator.hasNext()) {
985      T result = iterator.next();
986      iterator.remove();
987      return result;
988    } else {
989      return null;
990    }
991  }
992
993  // Methods only in Iterators, not in Iterables
994
995  /**
996   * Clears the iterator using its remove method.
997   */
998  static void clear(Iterator<?> iterator) {
999    checkNotNull(iterator);
1000    while (iterator.hasNext()) {
1001      iterator.next();
1002      iterator.remove();
1003    }
1004  }
1005
1006  /**
1007   * Returns an iterator containing the elements of {@code array} in order. The
1008   * returned iterator is a view of the array; subsequent changes to the array
1009   * will be reflected in the iterator.
1010   *
1011   * <p><b>Note:</b> It is often preferable to represent your data using a
1012   * collection type, for example using {@link Arrays#asList(Object[])}, making
1013   * this method unnecessary.
1014   *
1015   * <p>The {@code Iterable} equivalent of this method is either {@link
1016   * Arrays#asList(Object[])}, {@link ImmutableList#copyOf(Object[])}},
1017   * or {@link ImmutableList#of}.
1018   */
1019  public static <T> UnmodifiableIterator<T> forArray(final T... array) {
1020    return forArray(array, 0, array.length, 0);
1021  }
1022
1023  /**
1024   * Returns a list iterator containing the elements in the specified range of
1025   * {@code array} in order, starting at the specified index.
1026   *
1027   * <p>The {@code Iterable} equivalent of this method is {@code
1028   * Arrays.asList(array).subList(offset, offset + length).listIterator(index)}.
1029   */
1030  static <T> UnmodifiableListIterator<T> forArray(
1031      final T[] array, final int offset, int length, int index) {
1032    checkArgument(length >= 0);
1033    int end = offset + length;
1034
1035    // Technically we should give a slightly more descriptive error on overflow
1036    Preconditions.checkPositionIndexes(offset, end, array.length);
1037    Preconditions.checkPositionIndex(index, length);
1038    if (length == 0) {
1039      return emptyListIterator();
1040    }
1041
1042    /*
1043     * We can't use call the two-arg constructor with arguments (offset, end)
1044     * because the returned Iterator is a ListIterator that may be moved back
1045     * past the beginning of the iteration.
1046     */
1047    return new AbstractIndexedListIterator<T>(length, index) {
1048      @Override protected T get(int index) {
1049        return array[offset + index];
1050      }
1051    };
1052  }
1053
1054  /**
1055   * Returns an iterator containing only {@code value}.
1056   *
1057   * <p>The {@link Iterable} equivalent of this method is {@link
1058   * Collections#singleton}.
1059   */
1060  public static <T> UnmodifiableIterator<T> singletonIterator(
1061      @Nullable final T value) {
1062    return new UnmodifiableIterator<T>() {
1063      boolean done;
1064      @Override
1065      public boolean hasNext() {
1066        return !done;
1067      }
1068      @Override
1069      public T next() {
1070        if (done) {
1071          throw new NoSuchElementException();
1072        }
1073        done = true;
1074        return value;
1075      }
1076    };
1077  }
1078
1079  /**
1080   * Adapts an {@code Enumeration} to the {@code Iterator} interface.
1081   *
1082   * <p>This method has no equivalent in {@link Iterables} because viewing an
1083   * {@code Enumeration} as an {@code Iterable} is impossible. However, the
1084   * contents can be <i>copied</i> into a collection using {@link
1085   * Collections#list}.
1086   */
1087  public static <T> UnmodifiableIterator<T> forEnumeration(
1088      final Enumeration<T> enumeration) {
1089    checkNotNull(enumeration);
1090    return new UnmodifiableIterator<T>() {
1091      @Override
1092      public boolean hasNext() {
1093        return enumeration.hasMoreElements();
1094      }
1095      @Override
1096      public T next() {
1097        return enumeration.nextElement();
1098      }
1099    };
1100  }
1101
1102  /**
1103   * Adapts an {@code Iterator} to the {@code Enumeration} interface.
1104   *
1105   * <p>The {@code Iterable} equivalent of this method is either {@link
1106   * Collections#enumeration} (if you have a {@link Collection}), or
1107   * {@code Iterators.asEnumeration(collection.iterator())}.
1108   */
1109  public static <T> Enumeration<T> asEnumeration(final Iterator<T> iterator) {
1110    checkNotNull(iterator);
1111    return new Enumeration<T>() {
1112      @Override
1113      public boolean hasMoreElements() {
1114        return iterator.hasNext();
1115      }
1116      @Override
1117      public T nextElement() {
1118        return iterator.next();
1119      }
1120    };
1121  }
1122
1123  /**
1124   * Implementation of PeekingIterator that avoids peeking unless necessary.
1125   */
1126  private static class PeekingImpl<E> implements PeekingIterator<E> {
1127
1128    private final Iterator<? extends E> iterator;
1129    private boolean hasPeeked;
1130    private E peekedElement;
1131
1132    public PeekingImpl(Iterator<? extends E> iterator) {
1133      this.iterator = checkNotNull(iterator);
1134    }
1135
1136    @Override
1137    public boolean hasNext() {
1138      return hasPeeked || iterator.hasNext();
1139    }
1140
1141    @Override
1142    public E next() {
1143      if (!hasPeeked) {
1144        return iterator.next();
1145      }
1146      E result = peekedElement;
1147      hasPeeked = false;
1148      peekedElement = null;
1149      return result;
1150    }
1151
1152    @Override
1153    public void remove() {
1154      checkState(!hasPeeked, "Can't remove after you've peeked at next");
1155      iterator.remove();
1156    }
1157
1158    @Override
1159    public E peek() {
1160      if (!hasPeeked) {
1161        peekedElement = iterator.next();
1162        hasPeeked = true;
1163      }
1164      return peekedElement;
1165    }
1166  }
1167
1168  /**
1169   * Returns a {@code PeekingIterator} backed by the given iterator.
1170   *
1171   * <p>Calls to the {@code peek} method with no intervening calls to {@code
1172   * next} do not affect the iteration, and hence return the same object each
1173   * time. A subsequent call to {@code next} is guaranteed to return the same
1174   * object again. For example: <pre>   {@code
1175   *
1176   *   PeekingIterator<String> peekingIterator =
1177   *       Iterators.peekingIterator(Iterators.forArray("a", "b"));
1178   *   String a1 = peekingIterator.peek(); // returns "a"
1179   *   String a2 = peekingIterator.peek(); // also returns "a"
1180   *   String a3 = peekingIterator.next(); // also returns "a"}</pre>
1181   *
1182   * Any structural changes to the underlying iteration (aside from those
1183   * performed by the iterator's own {@link PeekingIterator#remove()} method)
1184   * will leave the iterator in an undefined state.
1185   *
1186   * <p>The returned iterator does not support removal after peeking, as
1187   * explained by {@link PeekingIterator#remove()}.
1188   *
1189   * <p>Note: If the given iterator is already a {@code PeekingIterator},
1190   * it <i>might</i> be returned to the caller, although this is neither
1191   * guaranteed to occur nor required to be consistent.  For example, this
1192   * method <i>might</i> choose to pass through recognized implementations of
1193   * {@code PeekingIterator} when the behavior of the implementation is
1194   * known to meet the contract guaranteed by this method.
1195   *
1196   * <p>There is no {@link Iterable} equivalent to this method, so use this
1197   * method to wrap each individual iterator as it is generated.
1198   *
1199   * @param iterator the backing iterator. The {@link PeekingIterator} assumes
1200   *     ownership of this iterator, so users should cease making direct calls
1201   *     to it after calling this method.
1202   * @return a peeking iterator backed by that iterator. Apart from the
1203   *     additional {@link PeekingIterator#peek()} method, this iterator behaves
1204   *     exactly the same as {@code iterator}.
1205   */
1206  public static <T> PeekingIterator<T> peekingIterator(
1207      Iterator<? extends T> iterator) {
1208    if (iterator instanceof PeekingImpl) {
1209      // Safe to cast <? extends T> to <T> because PeekingImpl only uses T
1210      // covariantly (and cannot be subclassed to add non-covariant uses).
1211      @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
1212      PeekingImpl<T> peeking = (PeekingImpl<T>) iterator;
1213      return peeking;
1214    }
1215    return new PeekingImpl<T>(iterator);
1216  }
1217
1218  /**
1219   * Simply returns its argument.
1220   *
1221   * @deprecated no need to use this
1222   * @since 10.0
1223   */
1224  @Deprecated public static <T> PeekingIterator<T> peekingIterator(
1225      PeekingIterator<T> iterator) {
1226    return checkNotNull(iterator);
1227  }
1228
1229  /**
1230   * Returns an iterator over the merged contents of all given
1231   * {@code iterators}, traversing every element of the input iterators.
1232   * Equivalent entries will not be de-duplicated.
1233   *
1234   * <p>Callers must ensure that the source {@code iterators} are in
1235   * non-descending order as this method does not sort its input.
1236   *
1237   * <p>For any equivalent elements across all {@code iterators}, it is
1238   * undefined which element is returned first.
1239   *
1240   * @since 11.0
1241   */
1242  @Beta
1243  public static <T> UnmodifiableIterator<T> mergeSorted(
1244      Iterable<? extends Iterator<? extends T>> iterators,
1245      Comparator<? super T> comparator) {
1246    checkNotNull(iterators, "iterators");
1247    checkNotNull(comparator, "comparator");
1248
1249    return new MergingIterator<T>(iterators, comparator);
1250  }
1251
1252  /**
1253   * An iterator that performs a lazy N-way merge, calculating the next value
1254   * each time the iterator is polled. This amortizes the sorting cost over the
1255   * iteration and requires less memory than sorting all elements at once.
1256   *
1257   * <p>Retrieving a single element takes approximately O(log(M)) time, where M
1258   * is the number of iterators. (Retrieving all elements takes approximately
1259   * O(N*log(M)) time, where N is the total number of elements.)
1260   */
1261  private static class MergingIterator<T> extends UnmodifiableIterator<T> {
1262    final Queue<PeekingIterator<T>> queue;
1263
1264    public MergingIterator(Iterable<? extends Iterator<? extends T>> iterators,
1265        final Comparator<? super T> itemComparator) {
1266      // A comparator that's used by the heap, allowing the heap
1267      // to be sorted based on the top of each iterator.
1268      Comparator<PeekingIterator<T>> heapComparator =
1269          new Comparator<PeekingIterator<T>>() {
1270            @Override
1271            public int compare(PeekingIterator<T> o1, PeekingIterator<T> o2) {
1272              return itemComparator.compare(o1.peek(), o2.peek());
1273            }
1274          };
1275
1276      queue = new PriorityQueue<PeekingIterator<T>>(2, heapComparator);
1277
1278      for (Iterator<? extends T> iterator : iterators) {
1279        if (iterator.hasNext()) {
1280          queue.add(Iterators.peekingIterator(iterator));
1281        }
1282      }
1283    }
1284
1285    @Override
1286    public boolean hasNext() {
1287      return !queue.isEmpty();
1288    }
1289
1290    @Override
1291    public T next() {
1292      PeekingIterator<T> nextIter = queue.remove();
1293      T next = nextIter.next();
1294      if (nextIter.hasNext()) {
1295        queue.add(nextIter);
1296      }
1297      return next;
1298    }
1299  }
1300
1301  /**
1302   * Precondition tester for {@code Iterator.remove()} that throws an exception with a consistent
1303   * error message.
1304   */
1305  static void checkRemove(boolean canRemove) {
1306    checkState(canRemove, "no calls to next() since the last call to remove()");
1307  }
1308
1309  /**
1310   * Used to avoid http://bugs.sun.com/view_bug.do?bug_id=6558557
1311   */
1312  static <T> ListIterator<T> cast(Iterator<T> iterator) {
1313    return (ListIterator<T>) iterator;
1314  }
1315}