org.apache.commons.collections4.iterators

Class IteratorIterable<E>

  • All Implemented Interfaces:
    Iterable<E> 

    public class IteratorIterable<E>
extends Object
implements Iterable<E>
    Adapter to make an Iterator instance appear to be an Iterable instance. The iterable can be constructed in one of two variants: single use, multiple use.

    In the single use iterable case, the iterable is only usable for one iterative operation over the source iterator. Subsequent iterative operations use the same, exhausted source iterator. To create a single use iterable, construct a new IteratorIterable using a Iterator that is NOT a ResettableIterator iterator: 

       Iterator
                  
                     iterator = // some non-resettable iterator
   Iterable
                    
                       iterable = new IteratorIterable
                      
                        (iterator);

    In the multiple use iterable case, the iterable is usable for any number of iterative operations over the source iterator. Of special note, even though the iterable supports multiple iterations, it does not support concurrent iterations. To implicitly create a multiple use iterable, construct a new IteratorIterable using a ResettableIterator iterator: 

       Integer[] array = {Integer.valueOf(1),Integer.valueOf(2),Integer.valueOf(3)};
   Iterator
                  
                     iterator = IteratorUtils.arrayIterator(array); // a resettable iterator
   Iterable
                    
                       iterable = new IteratorIterable
                      
                        (iterator);

    A multiple use iterable can also be explicitly constructed using any Iterator and specifying true for the multipleUse flag: 

       Iterator
                  
                     iterator = // some non-resettable iterator
   Iterable
                    
                       iterable = new IteratorIterable
                      
                        (iterator, true);

    Since:
    4.0

    • Constructor Detail

      • IteratorIterable

        public IteratorIterable(Iterator<? extends E> iterator)
        Constructs a new IteratorIterable that will use the given iterator.
        Parameters:
        iterator - the iterator to use.

      • IteratorIterable

        public IteratorIterable(Iterator<? extends E> iterator,
                        boolean multipleUse)
        Constructs a new IteratorIterable that will use the given iterator.
        Parameters:
        iterator - the iterator to use.
        multipleUse - true if the new iterable can be used in multiple iterations

    • Method Detail

      • iterator

        public Iterator<E> iterator()
        Gets the iterator wrapped by this iterable.
        Specified by:
        iterator in interface  Iterable<E>
        Returns:
        the iterator