ZippingIterator.java

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package org.apache.commons.collections4.iterators;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.NoSuchElementException;
import java.util.Objects;

import org.apache.commons.collections4.FluentIterable;

/**
 * Provides an interleaved iteration over the elements contained in a
 * collection of Iterators.
 * <p>
 * Given two {@link Iterator} instances {@code A} and {@code B}, the
 * {@link #next} method on this iterator will switch between {@code A.next()}
 * and {@code B.next()} until both iterators are exhausted.
 * </p>
 *
 * @param <E> the type of elements returned by this iterator.
 * @since 4.1
 */
public class ZippingIterator<E> implements Iterator<E> {

    /** The {@link Iterator}s to evaluate. */
    private final Iterator<Iterator<? extends E>> iterators;

    /** The next iterator to use for next(). */
    private Iterator<? extends E> nextIterator;

    /** The last iterator which was used for next(). */
    private Iterator<? extends E> lastReturned;

    /**
     * Constructs a new {@code ZippingIterator} that will provide
     * interleaved iteration of the specified iterators.
     *
     * @param iterators  the array of iterators
     * @throws NullPointerException if any iterator is null
     */
    public ZippingIterator(final Iterator<? extends E>... iterators) {
        // create a mutable list to be able to remove exhausted iterators
        final List<Iterator<? extends E>> list = new ArrayList<>();
        for (final Iterator<? extends E> iterator : iterators) {
            Objects.requireNonNull(iterator, "iterator");
            list.add(iterator);
        }
        this.iterators = FluentIterable.of(list).loop().iterator();
    }

    /**
     * Constructs a new {@code ZippingIterator} that will provide
     * interleaved iteration over the two given iterators.
     *
     * @param a  the first child iterator
     * @param b  the second child iterator
     * @throws NullPointerException if either iterator is null
     */
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    public ZippingIterator(final Iterator<? extends E> a, final Iterator<? extends E> b) {
        this(new Iterator[] {a, b});
    }

    /**
     * Constructs a new {@code ZippingIterator} that will provide
     * interleaved iteration over the three given iterators.
     *
     * @param a  the first child iterator
     * @param b  the second child iterator
     * @param c  the third child iterator
     * @throws NullPointerException if either iterator is null
     */
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    public ZippingIterator(final Iterator<? extends E> a,
                           final Iterator<? extends E> b,
                           final Iterator<? extends E> c) {
        this(new Iterator[] {a, b, c});
    }

    /**
     * Returns {@code true} if any child iterator has remaining elements.
     *
     * @return true if this iterator has remaining elements
     */
    @Override
    public boolean hasNext() {
        // the next iterator has already been determined
        // this might happen if hasNext() is called multiple
        if (nextIterator != null) {
            return true;
        }

        while (iterators.hasNext()) {
            final Iterator<? extends E> childIterator = iterators.next();
            if (childIterator.hasNext()) {
                nextIterator = childIterator;
                return true;
            }
            // iterator is exhausted, remove it
            iterators.remove();
        }
        return false;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the next element from a child iterator.
     *
     * @return the next interleaved element
     * @throws NoSuchElementException if no child iterator has any more elements
     */
    @Override
    public E next() throws NoSuchElementException {
        if (!hasNext()) {
            throw new NoSuchElementException();
        }

        final E val = nextIterator.next();
        lastReturned = nextIterator;
        nextIterator = null;
        return val;
    }

    /**
     * Removes the last returned element from the child iterator that produced it.
     *
     * @throws IllegalStateException if there is no last returned element, or if
     *   the last returned element has already been removed
     */
    @Override
    public void remove() {
        if (lastReturned == null) {
            throw new IllegalStateException("No value can be removed at present");
        }
        lastReturned.remove();
        lastReturned = null;
    }

}