jdk/src/share/classes/java/lang/Iterable.java
author martin
Sun, 14 Jun 2009 14:33:30 -0700
changeset 2947 b0135c99348e
parent 2 90ce3da70b43
child 4977 81902a400bbf
permissions -rw-r--r--
6511515: poor performance of LogRecord.inferCaller depending on java.lang.Throwable.getStackTraceElement Summary: Allow random access to stack trace elements; retrieve only needed ones Reviewed-by: swamyv Contributed-by: jeremymanson@google.com

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package java.lang;

import java.util.Iterator;

/** Implementing this interface allows an object to be the target of
 *  the "foreach" statement.
 * @since 1.5
 */
public interface Iterable<T> {

    /**
     * Returns an iterator over a set of elements of type T.
     *
     * @return an Iterator.
     */
    Iterator<T> iterator();
}