Re: Opinion poll: for loop vs while loop with Iterators.

Java 1.5 finaly gave us an elegant for each construct, but for-each
lacks the ability to manipulate the underlying Iterable structure.

Generally, the way to do this is (in pseudo-code:)

Obtain the iterator.
L: Check if it has a next element
get the next element
process the element.
repeat from L

This can be coded in Java a few ways.
// For method:
for (Iterator<E> iterator = iterable.iterator(); iterator.hasNext(); )
{
  E e = iterator.next();
  if (shouldRemove(e)) {
     iterator.remove(e);
  }
}

// vs
// While method:
Iterator<E> iterator = iterable.iterator();
while (iterator.hasNext()) {
  E e = iterator.next();
  if (shouldRemove(e)) {
     iterator.remove(e);
  }
}

Both approaches have their pros and cons, but I'm interested to see
what people think.

I'll post my opinion later.