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package org.apache.jena.util.iterator;

import java.util.*;
import java.util.function.Function;
import java.util.function.Predicate;

/**
 * An ExtendedIterator is a {@link ClosableIterator} on which other operations
 * are defined for convenience in iterator composition: composition, filtering
 * in, filtering out, and element mapping.<br>
 * NOTE that the result of these operations consumes the base iterator(s); they
 * do not make independent copies. <br>
 * The canonical implementation of ExtendedIterator is {@link NiceIterator},
 * which also defines static methods for these operations that will work on any
 * {@link ClosableIterator}s. <br>
 * 
 * @param <T>
 *            the type of element over which an instance of ExtendedIterator
 *            iterates
 */
public interface ExtendedIterator<T> extends ClosableIterator<T>
    {
    /**
         Answer the next object, and remove it. Equivalent to next(); remove().
    */
    public T removeNext();
    
    /**
         return a new iterator which delivers all the elements of this iterator and
         then all the elements of the other iterator. Does not copy either iterator;
         they are consumed as the result iterator is consumed.
     */
     public <X extends T> ExtendedIterator<T> andThen( Iterator<X> other );

     /**
         return a new iterator containing only the elements of _this_ which
         pass the filter _f_. The order of the elements is preserved. Does not
         copy _this_, which is consumed as the result is consumed.
     */
     public ExtendedIterator<T> filterKeep( Predicate<T> f );

     /**
         return a new iterator containing only the elements of _this_ which
         are rejected by the filter _f_. The order of the elements is preserved.
         Does not copy _this_, which is consumed as the result is consumed.
     */
     public ExtendedIterator<T> filterDrop( Predicate<T> f );

     /**
         return a new iterator where each element is the result of applying
         _map1_ to the corresponding element of _this_. _this_ is not
         copied; it is consumed as the result is consumed.
     */
     public <U> ExtendedIterator<U> mapWith( Function<T, U> map1 );

    /**
         Answer a list of the [remaining] elements of this iterator, in order,
         consuming this iterator.
    */
    public List<T> toList();

    /**
        Answer a set of the [remaining] elements of this iterator,
        consuming this iterator.
    */
    public Set<T> toSet();
    }