/**
* Copyright (C) 2002-2012 The FreeCol Team
*
* This file is part of FreeCol.
*
* FreeCol is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
* the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or
* (at your option) any later version.
*
* FreeCol is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
* GNU General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
* along with FreeCol. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
*/
package net.sf.freecol.common.util;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.NoSuchElementException;
public final class EmptyIterator<T> implements Iterator<T> {
/**
* Returns an instance of the EmptyIterator for the given type.
*
* @param <T> the type of the empty iterator.
* @return an EmptyIterator of the given type.
*/
public static <T> EmptyIterator<T> getInstance() {
return new EmptyIterator<T>();
}
// ----------------------------------------------------------- constructors
private EmptyIterator() {
}
// ---------------------------------------------------- interface: Iterator
public boolean hasNext() {
return false;
}
public T next() {
throw new NoSuchElementException("Programming error: next() should never be called on the EmptyIterator");
}
public void remove() {
throw new IllegalStateException();
}
}