CloseableIterator.java

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package org.geotools.data;

import java.io.Closeable;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.Iterator;

/**
 * An iterator backed by some resource that needs closing when done using it
 */
public interface CloseableIterator<T> extends Iterator<T>, Closeable {

    /**
     * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs
     */
    @Override
    public void close() throws IOException;

}