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/*
 * Copyright (C) 2008 The Guava Authors
 *
 * 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.
 */

package com.google.common.collect;

import com.google.common.annotations.GwtCompatible;

import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.NoSuchElementException;

/**
 * An iterator that supports a one-element lookahead while iterating.
 *
 * <p>See the Guava User Guide article on <a href=
 * "https://github.com/google/guava/wiki/CollectionHelpersExplained#peekingiterator">
 * {@code PeekingIterator}</a>.
 *
 * @author Mick Killianey
 * @since 2.0
 */
@GwtCompatible
public interface PeekingIterator<E> extends Iterator<E> {
    /**
     * Returns the next element in the iteration, without advancing the iteration.
     *
     * <p>Calls to {@code peek()} should not change the state of the iteration,
     * except that it <i>may</i> prevent removal of the most recent element via
     * {@link #remove()}.
     *
     * @throws NoSuchElementException if the iteration has no more elements
     *     according to {@link #hasNext()}
     */
    E peek();

    /**
     * {@inheritDoc}
     *
     * <p>The objects returned by consecutive calls to {@link #peek()} then {@link
     * #next()} are guaranteed to be equal to each other.
     */
    @Override
    E next();

    /**
     * {@inheritDoc}
     *
     * <p>Implementations may or may not support removal when a call to {@link
     * #peek()} has occurred since the most recent call to {@link #next()}.
     *
     * @throws IllegalStateException if there has been a call to {@link #peek()}
     *     since the most recent call to {@link #next()} and this implementation
     *     does not support this sequence of calls (optional)
     */
    @Override
    void remove();
}