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package org.apache.kafka.streams.state;

import org.apache.kafka.streams.KeyValue;

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

/**
 * Iterator interface of {@link KeyValue}.
 *
 * Users need to call its {@code close} method explicitly upon completeness to release resources,
 * or use try-with-resources statement (available since JDK7) for this {@link Closeable} class.
 *
 * @param <K> Type of keys
 * @param <V> Type of values
 */
public interface KeyValueIterator<K, V> extends Iterator<KeyValue<K, V>>, Closeable {

    @Override
    void close();

    /**
     * Peek at the next key without advancing the iterator
     * @return the key of the next value that would be returned from the next call to next
     */
    K peekNextKey();
}