Method Detail

• emptyIterator

  @Deprecated
  public static <T> UnmodifiableIterator<T> emptyIterator()

  Deprecated.  Use ImmutableSet.<T>of().iterator() instead; or for Java 7 or later, Collections.emptyIterator(). This method is scheduled for removal in May 2016.
  Returns the empty iterator.

  The Iterable equivalent of this method is ImmutableSet.of().

• unmodifiableIterator

  public static <T> UnmodifiableIterator<T> unmodifiableIterator(Iterator<T> iterator)

  Returns an unmodifiable view of iterator.

• unmodifiableIterator

  @Deprecated
  public static <T> UnmodifiableIterator<T> unmodifiableIterator(UnmodifiableIterator<T> iterator)

  Deprecated.  no need to use this
  Simply returns its argument.

  Since:

  10.0

• size

  public static int size(Iterator<?> iterator)

  Returns the number of elements remaining in iterator. The iterator will be left exhausted: its hasNext() method will return false.

• contains

  public static boolean contains(Iterator<?> iterator,
                                 Object element)

  Returns true if iterator contains element.

• removeAll

  public static boolean removeAll(Iterator<?> removeFrom,
                                  Collection<?> elementsToRemove)

  Traverses an iterator and removes every element that belongs to the provided collection. The iterator will be left exhausted: its hasNext() method will return false.

  Parameters:

  removeFrom - the iterator to (potentially) remove elements from

  elementsToRemove - the elements to remove

  Returns:

  true if any element was removed from iterator

• removeIf

  public static <T> boolean removeIf(Iterator<T> removeFrom,
                                     Predicate<? super T> predicate)

  Removes every element that satisfies the provided predicate from the iterator. The iterator will be left exhausted: its hasNext() method will return false.

  Parameters:

  removeFrom - the iterator to (potentially) remove elements from

  predicate - a predicate that determines whether an element should be removed

  Returns:

  true if any elements were removed from the iterator

  Since:

  2.0

• retainAll

  public static boolean retainAll(Iterator<?> removeFrom,
                                  Collection<?> elementsToRetain)

  Traverses an iterator and removes every element that does not belong to the provided collection. The iterator will be left exhausted: its hasNext() method will return false.

  Parameters:

  removeFrom - the iterator to (potentially) remove elements from

  elementsToRetain - the elements to retain

  Returns:

  true if any element was removed from iterator

• elementsEqual

  public static boolean elementsEqual(Iterator<?> iterator1,
                                      Iterator<?> iterator2)

  Determines whether two iterators contain equal elements in the same order. More specifically, this method returns true if iterator1 and iterator2 contain the same number of elements and every element of iterator1 is equal to the corresponding element of iterator2.

  Note that this will modify the supplied iterators, since they will have been advanced some number of elements forward.

• toString

  public static String toString(Iterator<?> iterator)

  Returns a string representation of iterator, with the format [e1, e2, ..., en]. The iterator will be left exhausted: its hasNext() method will return false.

• getOnlyElement

  public static <T> T getOnlyElement(Iterator<T> iterator)

  Returns the single element contained in iterator.

  Throws:

  NoSuchElementException - if the iterator is empty

  IllegalArgumentException - if the iterator contains multiple elements. The state of the iterator is unspecified.

• getOnlyElement

  public static <T> T getOnlyElement(Iterator<? extends T> iterator,
                                     T defaultValue)

  Returns the single element contained in iterator, or defaultValue if the iterator is empty.

  Throws:

  IllegalArgumentException - if the iterator contains multiple elements. The state of the iterator is unspecified.

• toArray

  @GwtIncompatible(value="Array.newInstance(Class, int)")
  public static <T> T[] toArray(Iterator<? extends T> iterator,
                                                                                        Class<T> type)

  Copies an iterator's elements into an array. The iterator will be left exhausted: its hasNext() method will return false.

  Parameters:

  iterator - the iterator to copy

  type - the type of the elements

  Returns:

  a newly-allocated array into which all the elements of the iterator have been copied

• addAll

  public static <T> boolean addAll(Collection<T> addTo,
                                   Iterator<? extends T> iterator)

  Adds all elements in iterator to collection. The iterator will be left exhausted: its hasNext() method will return false.

  Returns:

  true if collection was modified as a result of this operation

• frequency

  public static int frequency(Iterator<?> iterator,
                              Object element)

  Returns the number of elements in the specified iterator that equal the specified object. The iterator will be left exhausted: its hasNext() method will return false.

  See Also:

  Collections.frequency(java.util.Collection<?>, java.lang.Object)

• cycle

  public static <T> Iterator<T> cycle(Iterable<T> iterable)

  Returns an iterator that cycles indefinitely over the elements of iterable.

  The returned iterator supports remove() if the provided iterator does. After remove() is called, subsequent cycles omit the removed element, which is no longer in iterable. The iterator's hasNext() method returns true until iterable is empty.

  Warning: Typical uses of the resulting iterator may produce an infinite loop. You should use an explicit break or be certain that you will eventually remove all the elements.

• cycle

  public static <T> Iterator<T> cycle(T... elements)

  Returns an iterator that cycles indefinitely over the provided elements.

  The returned iterator supports remove(). After remove() is called, subsequent cycles omit the removed element, but elements does not change. The iterator's hasNext() method returns true until all of the original elements have been removed.

  Warning: Typical uses of the resulting iterator may produce an infinite loop. You should use an explicit break or be certain that you will eventually remove all the elements.

• concat

  public static <T> Iterator<T> concat(Iterator<? extends T> a,
                                       Iterator<? extends T> b)

  Combines two iterators into a single iterator. The returned iterator iterates across the elements in a, followed by the elements in b. The source iterators are not polled until necessary.

  The returned iterator supports remove() when the corresponding input iterator supports it.

  Note: the current implementation is not suitable for nested concatenated iterators, i.e. the following should be avoided when in a loop: iterator = Iterators.concat(iterator, suffix);, since iteration over the resulting iterator has a cubic complexity to the depth of the nesting.

• concat

  public static <T> Iterator<T> concat(Iterator<? extends T> a,
                                       Iterator<? extends T> b,
                                       Iterator<? extends T> c)

  Combines three iterators into a single iterator. The returned iterator iterates across the elements in a, followed by the elements in b, followed by the elements in c. The source iterators are not polled until necessary.

  The returned iterator supports remove() when the corresponding input iterator supports it.

  Note: the current implementation is not suitable for nested concatenated iterators, i.e. the following should be avoided when in a loop: iterator = Iterators.concat(iterator, suffix);, since iteration over the resulting iterator has a cubic complexity to the depth of the nesting.

• concat

  public static <T> Iterator<T> concat(Iterator<? extends T> a,
                                       Iterator<? extends T> b,
                                       Iterator<? extends T> c,
                                       Iterator<? extends T> d)

  Combines four iterators into a single iterator. The returned iterator iterates across the elements in a, followed by the elements in b, followed by the elements in c, followed by the elements in d. The source iterators are not polled until necessary.

  The returned iterator supports remove() when the corresponding input iterator supports it.

  Note: the current implementation is not suitable for nested concatenated iterators, i.e. the following should be avoided when in a loop: iterator = Iterators.concat(iterator, suffix);, since iteration over the resulting iterator has a cubic complexity to the depth of the nesting.

• concat

  public static <T> Iterator<T> concat(Iterator<? extends T>... inputs)

  Combines multiple iterators into a single iterator. The returned iterator iterates across the elements of each iterator in inputs. The input iterators are not polled until necessary.

  The returned iterator supports remove() when the corresponding input iterator supports it.

  Note: the current implementation is not suitable for nested concatenated iterators, i.e. the following should be avoided when in a loop: iterator = Iterators.concat(iterator, suffix);, since iteration over the resulting iterator has a cubic complexity to the depth of the nesting.

  Throws:

  NullPointerException - if any of the provided iterators is null

• concat

  public static <T> Iterator<T> concat(Iterator<? extends Iterator<? extends T>> inputs)

  Combines multiple iterators into a single iterator. The returned iterator iterates across the elements of each iterator in inputs. The input iterators are not polled until necessary.

  The returned iterator supports remove() when the corresponding input iterator supports it. The methods of the returned iterator may throw NullPointerException if any of the input iterators is null.

  Note: the current implementation is not suitable for nested concatenated iterators, i.e. the following should be avoided when in a loop: iterator = Iterators.concat(iterator, suffix);, since iteration over the resulting iterator has a cubic complexity to the depth of the nesting.

• partition

  public static <T> UnmodifiableIterator<List<T>> partition(Iterator<T> iterator,
                                                            int size)

  Divides an iterator into unmodifiable sublists of the given size (the final list may be smaller). For example, partitioning an iterator containing [a, b, c, d, e] with a partition size of 3 yields [[a, b, c], [d, e]] -- an outer iterator containing two inner lists of three and two elements, all in the original order.

  The returned lists implement RandomAccess.

  Parameters:

  iterator - the iterator to return a partitioned view of

  size - the desired size of each partition (the last may be smaller)

  Returns:

  an iterator of immutable lists containing the elements of iterator divided into partitions

  Throws:

  IllegalArgumentException - if size is nonpositive

• paddedPartition

  public static <T> UnmodifiableIterator<List<T>> paddedPartition(Iterator<T> iterator,
                                                                  int size)

  Divides an iterator into unmodifiable sublists of the given size, padding the final iterator with null values if necessary. For example, partitioning an iterator containing [a, b, c, d, e] with a partition size of 3 yields [[a, b, c], [d, e, null]] -- an outer iterator containing two inner lists of three elements each, all in the original order.

  The returned lists implement RandomAccess.

  Parameters:

  iterator - the iterator to return a partitioned view of

  size - the desired size of each partition

  Returns:

  an iterator of immutable lists containing the elements of iterator divided into partitions (the final iterable may have trailing null elements)

  Throws:

  IllegalArgumentException - if size is nonpositive

• filter

  public static <T> UnmodifiableIterator<T> filter(Iterator<T> unfiltered,
                                                   Predicate<? super T> predicate)

  Returns the elements of unfiltered that satisfy a predicate.

• filter

  @GwtIncompatible(value="Class.isInstance")
  public static <T> UnmodifiableIterator<T> filter(Iterator<?> unfiltered,
                                                                                              Class<T> type)

  Returns all instances of class type in unfiltered. The returned iterator has elements whose class is type or a subclass of type.

  Parameters:

  unfiltered - an iterator containing objects of any type

  type - the type of elements desired

  Returns:

  an unmodifiable iterator containing all elements of the original iterator that were of the requested type

• any

  public static <T> boolean any(Iterator<T> iterator,
                                Predicate<? super T> predicate)

  Returns true if one or more elements returned by iterator satisfy the given predicate.

• all

  public static <T> boolean all(Iterator<T> iterator,
                                Predicate<? super T> predicate)

  Returns true if every element returned by iterator satisfies the given predicate. If iterator is empty, true is returned.

• find

  public static <T> T find(Iterator<T> iterator,
                           Predicate<? super T> predicate)

  Returns the first element in iterator that satisfies the given predicate; use this method only when such an element is known to exist. If no such element is found, the iterator will be left exhausted: its hasNext() method will return false. If it is possible that no element will match, use tryFind(java.util.Iterator<T>, com.google.common.base.Predicate<? super T>) or find(Iterator, Predicate, Object) instead.

  Throws:

  NoSuchElementException - if no element in iterator matches the given predicate

• find

  public static <T> T find(Iterator<? extends T> iterator,
                           Predicate<? super T> predicate,
                           T defaultValue)

  Returns the first element in iterator that satisfies the given predicate. If no such element is found, defaultValue will be returned from this method and the iterator will be left exhausted: its hasNext() method will return false. Note that this can usually be handled more naturally using tryFind(iterator, predicate).or(defaultValue).

  Since:

  7.0

• tryFind

  public static <T> Optional<T> tryFind(Iterator<T> iterator,
                                        Predicate<? super T> predicate)

  Returns an Optional containing the first element in iterator that satisfies the given predicate, if such an element exists. If no such element is found, an empty Optional will be returned from this method and the iterator will be left exhausted: its hasNext() method will return false.

  Warning: avoid using a predicate that matches null. If null is matched in iterator, a NullPointerException will be thrown.

  Since:

  11.0

• indexOf

  public static <T> int indexOf(Iterator<T> iterator,
                                Predicate<? super T> predicate)

  Returns the index in iterator of the first element that satisfies the provided predicate, or -1 if the Iterator has no such elements.

  More formally, returns the lowest index i such that predicate.apply(Iterators.get(iterator, i)) returns true, or -1 if there is no such index.

  If -1 is returned, the iterator will be left exhausted: its hasNext() method will return false. Otherwise, the iterator will be set to the element which satisfies the predicate.

  Since:

  2.0

• transform

  public static <F,T> Iterator<T> transform(Iterator<F> fromIterator,
                                            Function<? super F,? extends T> function)

  Returns an iterator that applies function to each element of fromIterator.

  The returned iterator supports remove() if the provided iterator does. After a successful remove() call, fromIterator no longer contains the corresponding element.

• get

  public static <T> T get(Iterator<T> iterator,
                          int position)

  Advances iterator position + 1 times, returning the element at the positionth position.

  Parameters:

  position - position of the element to return

  Returns:

  the element at the specified position in iterator

  Throws:

  IndexOutOfBoundsException - if position is negative or greater than or equal to the number of elements remaining in iterator

• get

  public static <T> T get(Iterator<? extends T> iterator,
                          int position,
                          T defaultValue)

  Advances iterator position + 1 times, returning the element at the positionth position or defaultValue otherwise.

  Parameters:

  position - position of the element to return

  defaultValue - the default value to return if the iterator is empty or if position is greater than the number of elements remaining in iterator

  Returns:

  the element at the specified position in iterator or defaultValue if iterator produces fewer than position + 1 elements.

  Throws:

  IndexOutOfBoundsException - if position is negative

  Since:

  4.0

• getNext

  public static <T> T getNext(Iterator<? extends T> iterator,
                              T defaultValue)

  Returns the next element in iterator or defaultValue if the iterator is empty. The Iterables analog to this method is Iterables.getFirst(java.lang.Iterable<? extends T>, T).

  Parameters:

  defaultValue - the default value to return if the iterator is empty

  Returns:

  the next element of iterator or the default value

  Since:

  7.0

• getLast

  public static <T> T getLast(Iterator<T> iterator)

  Advances iterator to the end, returning the last element.

  Returns:

  the last element of iterator

  Throws:

  NoSuchElementException - if the iterator is empty

• getLast

  public static <T> T getLast(Iterator<? extends T> iterator,
                              T defaultValue)

  Advances iterator to the end, returning the last element or defaultValue if the iterator is empty.

  Parameters:

  defaultValue - the default value to return if the iterator is empty

  Returns:

  the last element of iterator

  Since:

  3.0

• advance

  public static int advance(Iterator<?> iterator,
                            int numberToAdvance)

  Calls next() on iterator, either numberToAdvance times or until hasNext() returns false, whichever comes first.

  Returns:

  the number of elements the iterator was advanced

  Since:

  13.0 (since 3.0 as Iterators.skip)

• limit

  public static <T> Iterator<T> limit(Iterator<T> iterator,
                                      int limitSize)

  Creates an iterator returning the first limitSize elements of the given iterator. If the original iterator does not contain that many elements, the returned iterator will have the same behavior as the original iterator. The returned iterator supports remove() if the original iterator does.

  Parameters:

  iterator - the iterator to limit

  limitSize - the maximum number of elements in the returned iterator

  Throws:

  IllegalArgumentException - if limitSize is negative

  Since:

  3.0

• consumingIterator

  public static <T> Iterator<T> consumingIterator(Iterator<T> iterator)

  Returns a view of the supplied iterator that removes each element from the supplied iterator as it is returned.

  The provided iterator must support Iterator.remove() or else the returned iterator will fail on the first call to next.

  Parameters:

  iterator - the iterator to remove and return elements from

  Returns:

  an iterator that removes and returns elements from the supplied iterator

  Since:

  2.0

• forArray

  public static <T> UnmodifiableIterator<T> forArray(T... array)

  Returns an iterator containing the elements of array in order. The returned iterator is a view of the array; subsequent changes to the array will be reflected in the iterator.

  Note: It is often preferable to represent your data using a collection type, for example using Arrays.asList(Object[]), making this method unnecessary.

  The Iterable equivalent of this method is either Arrays.asList(Object[]), ImmutableList.copyOf(Object[])}, or ImmutableList.of().

• singletonIterator

  public static <T> UnmodifiableIterator<T> singletonIterator(T value)

  Returns an iterator containing only value.

  The Iterable equivalent of this method is Collections.singleton(T).

• forEnumeration

  public static <T> UnmodifiableIterator<T> forEnumeration(Enumeration<T> enumeration)

  Adapts an Enumeration to the Iterator interface.

  This method has no equivalent in Iterables because viewing an Enumeration as an Iterable is impossible. However, the contents can be copied into a collection using Collections.list(java.util.Enumeration<T>).

• asEnumeration

  public static <T> Enumeration<T> asEnumeration(Iterator<T> iterator)

  Adapts an Iterator to the Enumeration interface.

  The Iterable equivalent of this method is either Collections.enumeration(java.util.Collection<T>) (if you have a Collection), or Iterators.asEnumeration(collection.iterator()).

• peekingIterator

  public static <T> PeekingIterator<T> peekingIterator(Iterator<? extends T> iterator)

  Returns a PeekingIterator backed by the given iterator.

  Calls to the peek method with no intervening calls to next do not affect the iteration, and hence return the same object each time. A subsequent call to next is guaranteed to return the same object again. For example:

      PeekingIterator<String> peekingIterator = Iterators.peekingIterator(Iterators.forArray("a", "b")); String a1 = peekingIterator.peek(); // returns "a" String a2 = peekingIterator.peek(); // also returns "a" String a3 = peekingIterator.next(); // also returns "a"

  Any structural changes to the underlying iteration (aside from those performed by the iterator's own PeekingIterator.remove() method) will leave the iterator in an undefined state.

  The returned iterator does not support removal after peeking, as explained by PeekingIterator.remove().

  Note: If the given iterator is already a PeekingIterator, it might be returned to the caller, although this is neither guaranteed to occur nor required to be consistent. For example, this method might choose to pass through recognized implementations of PeekingIterator when the behavior of the implementation is known to meet the contract guaranteed by this method.

  There is no Iterable equivalent to this method, so use this method to wrap each individual iterator as it is generated.

  Parameters:

  iterator - the backing iterator. The PeekingIterator assumes ownership of this iterator, so users should cease making direct calls to it after calling this method.

  Returns:

  a peeking iterator backed by that iterator. Apart from the additional PeekingIterator.peek() method, this iterator behaves exactly the same as iterator.

• peekingIterator

  @Deprecated
  public static <T> PeekingIterator<T> peekingIterator(PeekingIterator<T> iterator)

  Deprecated.  no need to use this
  Simply returns its argument.

  Since:

  10.0

• mergeSorted

  @Beta
  public static <T> UnmodifiableIterator<T> mergeSorted(Iterable<? extends Iterator<? extends T>> iterators,
                                                              Comparator<? super T> comparator)

  Returns an iterator over the merged contents of all given iterators, traversing every element of the input iterators. Equivalent entries will not be de-duplicated.

  Callers must ensure that the source iterators are in non-descending order as this method does not sort its input.

  For any equivalent elements across all iterators, it is undefined which element is returned first.

  Since:

  11.0