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package org.apache.mahout.common.iterator;

import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;
import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
import java.util.Iterator;

import com.google.common.base.Function;
import com.google.common.collect.ForwardingIterator;
import com.google.common.collect.Iterators;

/**
 * An iterator that copies the values in an underlying iterator by finding an appropriate copy constructor.
 */
public final class CopyConstructorIterator<T> extends ForwardingIterator<T> {

  private final Iterator<T> delegate;
  private Constructor<T> constructor;

  public CopyConstructorIterator(Iterator<? extends T> copyFrom) {
    this.delegate = Iterators.transform(
        copyFrom,
        new Function<T,T>() {
          @Override
          public T apply(T from) {
            if (constructor == null) {
              Class<T> elementClass = (Class<T>) from.getClass();
              try {
                constructor = elementClass.getConstructor(elementClass);
              } catch (NoSuchMethodException e) {
                throw new IllegalStateException(e);
              }
            }
            try {
              return constructor.newInstance(from);
            } catch (InstantiationException e) {
              throw new IllegalStateException(e);
            } catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
              throw new IllegalStateException(e);
            } catch (InvocationTargetException e) {
              throw new IllegalStateException(e);
            }
          }
        });
  }

  @Override
  protected Iterator<T> delegate() {
    return delegate;
  }

}