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#ifndef _DECAF_LANG_ITERABLE_H_
#define _DECAF_LANG_ITERABLE_H_

#include <decaf/util/Config.h>
#include <decaf/util/Iterator.h>

namespace decaf {
namespace lang {

    /**
     * Implementing this interface allows an object to be cast to an Iterable
     * type for generic collections API calls.
     */
    template< typename E >
    class Iterable {
    public:

        virtual ~Iterable() {}

        /**
         * @return an iterator over a set of elements of type T.
         */
        virtual decaf::util::Iterator<E>* iterator() = 0;
        virtual decaf::util::Iterator<E>* iterator() const = 0;

    };

}}

#endif /*_DECAF_LANG_ITERABLE_H_*/