Here you can find the source of join(final Iterable extends T>... iterables)
static <T> Iterable<? extends T> join(final Iterable<? extends T>... iterables)
//package com.java2s; /*//from ww w . ja va2s . c om * Copyright (C) 2012 eXo Platform SAS. * * This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it * under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of * the License, or (at your option) any later version. * * This software is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU * Lesser General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public * License along with this software; if not, write to the Free * Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA * 02110-1301 USA, or see the FSF site: http://www.fsf.org. */ import java.util.Iterator; import java.util.NoSuchElementException; public class Main { static <T> Iterable<? extends T> join(final Iterable<? extends T>... iterables) { return new Iterable<T>() { public Iterator<T> iterator() { return new Iterator<T>() { int index; Iterator<? extends T> current; T next; public boolean hasNext() { if (next == null) { while ((current == null || !current.hasNext()) && index < iterables.length) { current = iterables[index++].iterator(); } if (current != null && current.hasNext()) { next = current.next(); } } return next != null; } public T next() { if (!hasNext()) { throw new NoSuchElementException(); } T tmp = next; next = null; return tmp; } public void remove() { throw new UnsupportedOperationException(); } }; } }; } }