src/main/java/org/apache/commons/collections4/iterators/UnmodifiableIterator.java

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package org.apache.commons.collections4.iterators;

import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.Objects;

import org.apache.commons.collections4.Unmodifiable;

/**
 * Decorates an iterator such that it cannot be modified.
 * <p>
 * Attempts to modify it will result in an UnsupportedOperationException.
 * </p>
 *
 * @param <E> the type of elements returned by this iterator.
 * @since 3.0
 */
public final class UnmodifiableIterator<E> implements Iterator<E>, Unmodifiable {

    /** The iterator being decorated */
    private final Iterator<? extends E> iterator;

    //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
    /**
     * Decorates the specified iterator such that it cannot be modified.
     * <p>
     * If the iterator is already unmodifiable it is returned directly.
     *
     * @param <E>  the element type
     * @param iterator  the iterator to decorate
     * @return a new unmodifiable iterator
     * @throws NullPointerException if the iterator is null
     */
    public static <E> Iterator<E> unmodifiableIterator(final Iterator<? extends E> iterator) {
        Objects.requireNonNull(iterator, "iterator");
        if (iterator instanceof Unmodifiable) {
            @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // safe to upcast
            final Iterator<E> tmpIterator = (Iterator<E>) iterator;
            return tmpIterator;
        }
        return new UnmodifiableIterator<>(iterator);
    }

    //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
    /**
     * Constructor.
     *
     * @param iterator  the iterator to decorate
     */
    private UnmodifiableIterator(final Iterator<? extends E> iterator) {
        this.iterator = iterator;
    }

    //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
    @Override
    public boolean hasNext() {
        return iterator.hasNext();
    }

    @Override
    public E next() {
        return iterator.next();
    }

    @Override
    public void remove() {
        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("remove() is not supported");
    }

}