public interface

Iterator

java.util.Iterator<E>
Known Indirect Subclasses

Class Overview

An iterator over a collection. Iterator takes the place of Enumeration in the Java Collections Framework. Iterators differ from enumerations in two ways:

  • Iterators allow the caller to remove elements from the underlying collection during the iteration with well-defined semantics.
  • Method names have been improved.

This interface is a member of the Java Collections Framework.

Summary

Public Methods
abstract boolean hasNext()
Returns true if the iteration has more elements.
abstract E next()
Returns the next element in the iteration.
abstract void remove()
Removes from the underlying collection the last element returned by this iterator (optional operation).

Public Methods

public abstract boolean hasNext ()

Returns true if the iteration has more elements. (In other words, returns true if next() would return an element rather than throwing an exception.)

Returns
  • true if the iteration has more elements

public abstract E next ()

Returns the next element in the iteration.

Returns
  • the next element in the iteration
Throws
NoSuchElementException if the iteration has no more elements

public abstract void remove ()

Removes from the underlying collection the last element returned by this iterator (optional operation). This method can be called only once per call to 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 remove operation is not supported by this iterator
IllegalStateException if the next method has not yet been called, or the remove method has already been called after the last call to the next method