Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /* * Copyright (C) 2010 The Android Open Source Project * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ import java.lang.ref.Reference; import java.util.Iterator; public class Main { /** * Returns an iterator over the values referenced by the elements of {@code * iterable}. * * @param trim true to remove reference objects from the iterable after * their referenced values have been cleared. */ public static <T> Iterable<T> dereferenceIterable(final Iterable<? extends Reference<T>> iterable, final boolean trim) { return new Iterable<T>() { public Iterator<T> iterator() { return new Iterator<T>() { private final Iterator<? extends Reference<T>> delegate = iterable.iterator(); private boolean removeIsOkay; private T next; private void computeNext() { removeIsOkay = false; while (next == null && delegate.hasNext()) { next = delegate.next().get(); if (trim && next == null) { delegate.remove(); } } } @Override public boolean hasNext() { computeNext(); return next != null; } @Override public T next() { if (!hasNext()) { throw new IllegalStateException(); } T result = next; removeIsOkay = true; next = null; return result; } public void remove() { if (!removeIsOkay) { throw new IllegalStateException(); } delegate.remove(); } }; } }; } }