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017package org.apache.commons.collections4.iterators;
018
019import org.apache.commons.collections4.MapIterator;
020
021/**
022 * Provides an implementation of an empty map iterator.
023 *
024 * @param <K> the type of keys
025 * @param <V> the type of mapped values
026 * @since 3.1
027 */
028public class EmptyMapIterator<K, V> extends AbstractEmptyMapIterator<K, V> implements
029        MapIterator<K, V> {
030
031    /**
032     * Singleton instance of the iterator.
033     * @since 3.1
034     */
035    @SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
036    public static final MapIterator INSTANCE = new EmptyMapIterator<>();
037
038    /**
039     * Gets a typed instance of the iterator.
040     * @param <K> the key type
041     * @param <V> the value type
042     * @return {@link MapIterator}&lt;K, V&gt;
043     */
044    public static <K, V> MapIterator<K, V> emptyMapIterator() {
045        return INSTANCE;
046    }
047
048    /**
049     * Constructs a new instance.
050     */
051    protected EmptyMapIterator() {
052    }
053
054}