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+/*
+ * Copyright 1997-2006 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation. Sun designates this
+ * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
+ * by Sun in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Sun Microsystems, Inc., 4150 Network Circle, Santa Clara,
+ * CA 95054 USA or visit www.sun.com if you need additional information or
+ * have any questions.
+ */
+
+package java.util;
+
+/**
+ * An iterator over a collection. {@code Iterator} takes the place of
+ * {@link Enumeration} in the Java Collections Framework. Iterators
+ * differ from enumerations in two ways:
+ *
+ * <ul>
+ * <li> Iterators allow the caller to remove elements from the
+ * underlying collection during the iteration with well-defined
+ * semantics.
+ * <li> Method names have been improved.
+ * </ul>
+ *
+ * <p>This interface is a member of the
+ * <a href="{@docRoot}/../technotes/guides/collections/index.html">
+ * Java Collections Framework</a>.
+ *
+ * @author Josh Bloch
+ * @see Collection
+ * @see ListIterator
+ * @see Iterable
+ * @since 1.2
+ */
+public interface Iterator<E> {
+ /**
+ * Returns {@code true} if the iteration has more elements.
+ * (In other words, returns {@code true} if {@link #next} would
+ * return an element rather than throwing an exception.)
+ *
+ * @return {@code true} if the iteration has more elements
+ */
+ boolean hasNext();
+
+ /**
+ * Returns the next element in the iteration.
+ *
+ * @return the next element in the iteration
+ * @throws NoSuchElementException if the iteration has no more elements
+ */
+ E next();
+
+ /**
+ * Removes from the underlying collection the last element returned
+ * by this iterator (optional operation). This method can be called
+ * only once per call to {@link #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.
+ *
+ * @throws UnsupportedOperationException if the {@code remove}
+ * operation is not supported by this iterator
+ *
+ * @throws IllegalStateException if the {@code next} method has not
+ * yet been called, or the {@code remove} method has already
+ * been called after the last call to the {@code next}
+ * method
+ */
+ void remove();
+}