Here you can find the source of count(Iterator
public final static <T> int count(Iterator<T> it) throws IllegalArgumentException
//package com.java2s; /******************************************************************************* * Copyright (c) 2002 - 2006 IBM Corporation. * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html * * Contributors:/*from w w w . j a v a 2 s. c om*/ * IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation *******************************************************************************/ import java.util.Iterator; public class Main { public final static <T> int count(Iterator<T> it) throws IllegalArgumentException { if (it == null) { throw new IllegalArgumentException("it == null"); } int count = 0; while (it.hasNext()) { it.next(); count++; } return count; } }