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package com.mongodb.client;

import com.mongodb.Block;
import com.mongodb.Function;

import java.util.Collection;

/**
 *The MongoIterable is the results from an operation, such as a query.
 *
 * @param <TResult> The type that this iterable will decode documents to.
 * @since 3.0
 */
public interface MongoIterable<TResult> extends Iterable<TResult> {

    @Override
    MongoCursor<TResult> iterator();

    /**
     * Helper to return the first item in the iterator or null.
     *
     * @return T the first item or null.
     */
    TResult first();

    /**
     * Maps this iterable from the source document type to the target document type.
     *
     * @param mapper a function that maps from the source to the target document type
     * @param <U> the target document type
     * @return an iterable which maps T to U
     */
    <U> MongoIterable<U> map(Function<TResult, U> mapper);

    /**
     * Iterates over all documents in the view, applying the given block to each.
     *
     * <p>Similar to {@code map} but the function is fully encapsulated with no returned result.</p>
     *
     * @param block the block to apply to each document of type T.
     */
    void forEach(Block<? super TResult> block);

    /**
     * Iterates over all the documents, adding each to the given target.
     *
     * @param target the collection to insert into
     * @param <A> the collection type
     * @return the target
     */
    <A extends Collection<? super TResult>> A into(A target);

    /**
     * Sets the number of documents to return per batch.
     *
     * @param batchSize the batch size
     * @return this
     * @mongodb.driver.manual reference/method/cursor.batchSize/#cursor.batchSize Batch Size
     */
    MongoIterable<TResult> batchSize(int batchSize);
}