Re: iterator over superclass of collection
Tom Hawtin <usenet@tackline.plus.com> writes:
Frank Fredstone wrote:
I want to expose an iterator over a collection, where the iterator
returns elements that are a super class of the actual
objects. Essentially, so I can implement interfaces.
I guess you could just use Iterator<? extends Aye> and Iterable<?
extends Aye>.
Can I implement Iterable<? extends Aye>? My compiler says class or
interface without bounds required.
In your more generic vresion doesn't the final make the code not thread safe?
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public Iterator<Aye> iterator() {
return new Iterator<Aye>() {
private Vector<? extends Aye> vec = ayes;
private Iterator<? extends Aye> it = vec.iterator();
public boolean hasNext() { return it.hasNext(); }
public Aye next() { return it.next(); }
public void remove() { it.remove(); }
};
}
This code needn't be so specific:
public static <T> Iterator<T> iterator(
Iterable<? extends T> iterable
) {
final Iterable<? extends T> target = iterable.iterator();
return new Iterator<T>() {
public boolean hasNext() {
return target.hasNext();
}
public T next() {
return target.next();
}
public void remove() {
target.remove();
}
};
}
Tom Hawtin
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