Commons Collections example source code file (UnmodifiableIterator.java)

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The Commons Collections UnmodifiableIterator.java source code

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package org.apache.commons.collections.iterators;

import java.util.Iterator;

import org.apache.commons.collections.Unmodifiable;

/** 
 * Decorates an iterator such that it cannot be modified.
 *
 * @since Commons Collections 3.0
 * @version $Revision: 646777 $ $Date: 2008-04-10 13:33:15 +0100 (Thu, 10 Apr 2008) $
 * 
 * @author Stephen Colebourne
 */
public final class UnmodifiableIterator implements Iterator, Unmodifiable {

    /** The iterator being decorated */
    private Iterator iterator;

    //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
    /**
     * Decorates the specified iterator such that it cannot be modified.
     * <p>
     * If the iterator is already unmodifiable it is returned directly.
     *
     * @param iterator  the iterator to decorate
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the iterator is null
     */
    public static Iterator decorate(Iterator iterator) {
        if (iterator == null) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Iterator must not be null");
        }
        if (iterator instanceof Unmodifiable) {
            return iterator;
        }
        return new UnmodifiableIterator(iterator);
    }
    
    //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
    /**
     * Constructor.
     *
     * @param iterator  the iterator to decorate
     */
    private UnmodifiableIterator(Iterator iterator) {
        super();
        this.iterator = iterator;
    }

    //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
    public boolean hasNext() {
        return iterator.hasNext();
    }

    public Object next() {
        return iterator.next();
    }

    public void remove() {
        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("remove() is not supported");
    }

}