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package com.google.common.collect;
import com.google.common.annotations.Beta;
import com.google.common.annotations.GwtCompatible;
import com.google.common.annotations.GwtIncompatible;
import com.google.common.base.Function;
import com.google.common.base.Objects;
import com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
import com.google.common.base.Predicate;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.HashSet;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.ListIterator;
import java.util.NoSuchElementException;
import java.util.RandomAccess;
import java.util.Set;
import java.util.SortedSet;
import javax.annotation.Nullable;
import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkArgument;
import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
/**
* This class contains static utility methods that operate on or return objects
* of type {@code Iterable}. Except as noted, each method has a corresponding
* {@link Iterator}-based method in the {@link Iterators} class.
*
* @author Kevin Bourrillion
* @author Jared Levy
* @since 2 (imported from Google Collections Library)
*/
@GwtCompatible
public final class Iterables {
private Iterables() {}
/** Returns an unmodifiable view of {@code iterable}. */
public static Iterable unmodifiableIterable(final Iterable iterable)
{
checkNotNull(iterable);
return new Iterable() {
public Iterator iterator() {
return Iterators.unmodifiableIterator(iterable.iterator());
}
@Override public String toString() {
return iterable.toString();
}
// no equals and hashCode; it would break the contract!
};
}
/**
* Returns the number of elements in {@code iterable}.
*/
public static int size(Iterable> iterable) {
return (iterable instanceof Collection)
? ((Collection>) iterable).size()
: Iterators.size(iterable.iterator());
}
/**
* Returns {@code true} if {@code iterable} contains {@code element}; that is,
* any object for which {@code equals(element)} is true.
*/
public static boolean contains(Iterable> iterable, @Nullable Object element)
{
if (iterable instanceof Collection) {
Collection> collection = (Collection>) iterable;
try {
return collection.contains(element);
} catch (NullPointerException e) {
return false;
} catch (ClassCastException e) {
return false;
}
}
return Iterators.contains(iterable.iterator(), element);
}
/**
* Removes, from an iterable, every element that belongs to the provided
* collection.
*
* This method calls {@link Collection#removeAll} if {@code iterable} is a
* collection, and {@link Iterators#removeAll} otherwise.
*
* @param removeFrom the iterable to (potentially) remove elements from
* @param elementsToRemove the elements to remove
* @return {@code true} if any elements are removed from {@code iterable}
*/
public static boolean removeAll(
Iterable> removeFrom, Collection> elementsToRemove) {
return (removeFrom instanceof Collection)
? ((Collection>) removeFrom).removeAll(checkNotNull(elementsToRemove))
: Iterators.removeAll(removeFrom.iterator(), elementsToRemove);
}
/**
* Removes, from an iterable, every element that does not belong to the
* provided collection.
*
*
This method calls {@link Collection#retainAll} if {@code iterable} is a
* collection, and {@link Iterators#retainAll} otherwise.
*
* @param removeFrom the iterable to (potentially) remove elements from
* @param elementsToRetain the elements to retain
* @return {@code true} if any elements are removed from {@code iterable}
*/
public static boolean retainAll(
Iterable> removeFrom, Collection> elementsToRetain) {
return (removeFrom instanceof Collection)
? ((Collection>) removeFrom).retainAll(checkNotNull(elementsToRetain))
: Iterators.retainAll(removeFrom.iterator(), elementsToRetain);
}
/**
* Removes, from an iterable, every element that satisfies the provided
* predicate.
*
* @param removeFrom the iterable to (potentially) remove elements from
* @param predicate a predicate that determines whether an element should
* be removed
* @return {@code true} if any elements were removed from the iterable
*
* @throws UnsupportedOperationException if the iterable does not support
* {@code remove()}.
* @since 2
*/
public static boolean removeIf(
Iterable removeFrom, Predicate super T> predicate) {
if (removeFrom instanceof RandomAccess && removeFrom instanceof List) {
return removeIfFromRandomAccessList(
(List) removeFrom, checkNotNull(predicate));
}
return Iterators.removeIf(removeFrom.iterator(), predicate);
}
private static boolean removeIfFromRandomAccessList(
List list, Predicate super T> predicate) {
int from = 0;
int to = 0;
for (; from < list.size(); from++) {
T element = list.get(from);
if (!predicate.apply(element)) {
if (from > to) {
list.set(to, element);
}
to++;
}
}
// Clear the tail of any remaining items
list.subList(to, list.size()).clear();
return from != to;
}
/**
* Determines whether two iterables contain equal elements in the same order.
* More specifically, this method returns {@code true} if {@code iterable1}
* and {@code iterable2} contain the same number of elements and every element
* of {@code iterable1} is equal to the corresponding element of
* {@code iterable2}.
*/
public static boolean elementsEqual(
Iterable> iterable1, Iterable> iterable2) {
return Iterators.elementsEqual(iterable1.iterator(), iterable2.iterator());
}
/**
* Returns a string representation of {@code iterable}, with the format
* {@code [e1, e2, ..., en]}.
*/
public static String toString(Iterable> iterable) {
return Iterators.toString(iterable.iterator());
}
/**
* Returns the single element contained in {@code iterable}.
*
* @throws NoSuchElementException if the iterable is empty
* @throws IllegalArgumentException if the iterable contains multiple
* elements
*/
public static T getOnlyElement(Iterable iterable) {
return Iterators.getOnlyElement(iterable.iterator());
}
/**
* Returns the single element contained in {@code iterable}, or {@code
* defaultValue} if the iterable is empty.
*
* @throws IllegalArgumentException if the iterator contains multiple
* elements
*/
public static T getOnlyElement(
Iterable iterable, @Nullable T defaultValue) {
return Iterators.getOnlyElement(iterable.iterator(), defaultValue);
}
/**
* Copies an iterable's elements into an array.
*
* @param iterable the iterable to copy
* @param type the type of the elements
* @return a newly-allocated array into which all the elements of the iterable
* have been copied
*/
@GwtIncompatible("Array.newInstance(Class, int)")
public static T[] toArray(Iterable extends T> iterable, Class type) {
Collection extends T> collection = Collections2.toCollection(iterable);
T[] array = ObjectArrays.newArray(type, collection.size());
return collection.toArray(array);
}
/**
* Adds all elements in {@code iterable} to {@code collection}.
*
* @return {@code true} if {@code collection} was modified as a result of this
* operation.
*/
public static boolean addAll(
Collection addTo, Iterable extends T> elementsToAdd) {
if (elementsToAdd instanceof Collection) {
@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
Collection extends T> c = (Collection extends T>) elementsToAdd;
return addTo.addAll(c);
}
return Iterators.addAll(addTo, elementsToAdd.iterator());
}
/**
* Returns the number of elements in the specified iterable that equal the
* specified object.
*
* @see Collections#frequency
*/
public static int frequency(Iterable> iterable, @Nullable Object element) {
if ((iterable instanceof Multiset)) {
return ((Multiset>) iterable).count(element);
}
if ((iterable instanceof Set)) {
return ((Set>) iterable).contains(element) ? 1 : 0;
}
return Iterators.frequency(iterable.iterator(), element);
}
/**
* Returns an iterable whose iterators cycle indefinitely over the elements of
* {@code iterable}.
*
* That iterator supports {@code remove()} if {@code iterable.iterator()}
* does. After {@code remove()} is called, subsequent cycles omit the removed
* element, which is no longer in {@code iterable}. The iterator's
* {@code hasNext()} method returns {@code true} until {@code iterable} is
* empty.
*
*
Warning: Typical uses of the resulting iterator may produce an
* infinite loop. You should use an explicit {@code break} or be certain that
* you will eventually remove all the elements.
*
*
To cycle over the iterable {@code n} times, use the following:
* {@code Iterables.concat(Collections.nCopies(n, iterable))}
*/
public static Iterable cycle(final Iterable iterable) {
checkNotNull(iterable);
return new Iterable() {
public Iterator iterator() {
return Iterators.cycle(iterable);
}
@Override public String toString() {
return iterable.toString() + " (cycled)";
}
};
}
/**
* Returns an iterable whose iterators cycle indefinitely over the provided
* elements.
*
* After {@code remove} is invoked on a generated iterator, the removed
* element will no longer appear in either that iterator or any other iterator
* created from the same source iterable. That is, this method behaves exactly
* as {@code Iterables.cycle(Lists.newArrayList(elements))}. The iterator's
* {@code hasNext} method returns {@code true} until all of the original
* elements have been removed.
*
*
Warning: Typical uses of the resulting iterator may produce an
* infinite loop. You should use an explicit {@code break} or be certain that
* you will eventually remove all the elements.
*
*
To cycle over the elements {@code n} times, use the following:
* {@code Iterables.concat(Collections.nCopies(n, Arrays.asList(elements)))}
*/
public static Iterable cycle(T... elements) {
return cycle(Lists.newArrayList(elements));
}
/**
* Combines two iterables into a single iterable. The returned iterable has an
* iterator that traverses the elements in {@code a}, followed by the elements
* in {@code b}. The source iterators are not polled until necessary.
*
* The returned iterable's iterator supports {@code remove()} when the
* corresponding input iterator supports it.
*/
@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
public static Iterable concat(
Iterable extends T> a, Iterable extends T> b) {
checkNotNull(a);
checkNotNull(b);
return concat(Arrays.asList(a, b));
}
/**
* Combines three iterables into a single iterable. The returned iterable has
* an iterator that traverses the elements in {@code a}, followed by the
* elements in {@code b}, followed by the elements in {@code c}. The source
* iterators are not polled until necessary.
*
* The returned iterable's iterator supports {@code remove()} when the
* corresponding input iterator supports it.
*/
@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
public static Iterable concat(Iterable extends T> a,
Iterable extends T> b, Iterable extends T> c) {
checkNotNull(a);
checkNotNull(b);
checkNotNull(c);
return concat(Arrays.asList(a, b, c));
}
/**
* Combines four iterables into a single iterable. The returned iterable has
* an iterator that traverses the elements in {@code a}, followed by the
* elements in {@code b}, followed by the elements in {@code c}, followed by
* the elements in {@code d}. The source iterators are not polled until
* necessary.
*
* The returned iterable's iterator supports {@code remove()} when the
* corresponding input iterator supports it.
*/
@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
public static Iterable concat(Iterable extends T> a,
Iterable extends T> b, Iterable extends T> c,
Iterable extends T> d) {
checkNotNull(a);
checkNotNull(b);
checkNotNull(c);
checkNotNull(d);
return concat(Arrays.asList(a, b, c, d));
}
/**
* Combines multiple iterables into a single iterable. The returned iterable
* has an iterator that traverses the elements of each iterable in
* {@code inputs}. The input iterators are not polled until necessary.
*
* The returned iterable's iterator supports {@code remove()} when the
* corresponding input iterator supports it.
*
* @throws NullPointerException if any of the provided iterables is null
*/
public static Iterable concat(Iterable extends T>... inputs) {
return concat(ImmutableList.copyOf(inputs));
}
/**
* Combines multiple iterables into a single iterable. The returned iterable
* has an iterator that traverses the elements of each iterable in
* {@code inputs}. The input iterators are not polled until necessary.
*
* The returned iterable's iterator supports {@code remove()} when the
* corresponding input iterator supports it. The methods of the returned
* iterable may throw {@code NullPointerException} if any of the input
* iterators are null.
*/
public static Iterable concat(
Iterable extends Iterable extends T>> inputs) {
/*
* Hint: if you let A represent Iterable extends T> and B represent
* Iterator extends T>, then this Function would look simply like:
*
* Function function = new Function {
* public B apply(A from) {
* return from.iterator();
* }
* }
*
* TODO: there may be a better way to do this.
*/
Function, Iterator extends T>> function
= new Function, Iterator extends T>>() {
public Iterator extends T> apply(Iterable extends T> from) {
return from.iterator();
}
};
final Iterable> iterators
= transform(inputs, function);
return new IterableWithToString() {
public Iterator iterator() {
return Iterators.concat(iterators.iterator());
}
};
}
/**
* Divides an iterable into unmodifiable sublists of the given size (the final
* iterable may be smaller). For example, partitioning an iterable containing
* {@code [a, b, c, d, e]} with a partition size of 3 yields {@code
* [[a, b, c], [d, e]]} -- an outer iterable containing two inner lists of
* three and two elements, all in the original order.
*
* Iterators returned by the returned iterable do not support the {@link
* Iterator#remove()} method. The returned lists implement {@link
* RandomAccess}, whether or not the input list does.
*
*
Note: if {@code iterable} is a {@link List}, use {@link
* Lists#partition(List, int)} instead.
*
* @param iterable the iterable to return a partitioned view of
* @param size the desired size of each partition (the last may be smaller)
* @return an iterable of unmodifiable lists containing the elements of {@code
* iterable} divided into partitions
* @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code size} is nonpositive
*/
public static Iterable> partition(
final Iterable iterable, final int size) {
checkNotNull(iterable);
checkArgument(size > 0);
return new IterableWithToString>() {
public Iterator> iterator() {
return Iterators.partition(iterable.iterator(), size);
}
};
}
/**
* Divides an iterable into unmodifiable sublists of the given size, padding
* the final iterable with null values if necessary. For example, partitioning
* an iterable containing {@code [a, b, c, d, e]} with a partition size of 3
* yields {@code [[a, b, c], [d, e, null]]} -- an outer iterable containing
* two inner lists of three elements each, all in the original order.
*
* Iterators returned by the returned iterable do not support the {@link
* Iterator#remove()} method.
*
* @param iterable the iterable to return a partitioned view of
* @param size the desired size of each partition
* @return an iterable of unmodifiable lists containing the elements of {@code
* iterable} divided into partitions (the final iterable may have
* trailing null elements)
* @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code size} is nonpositive
*/
public static Iterable> paddedPartition(
final Iterable iterable, final int size) {
checkNotNull(iterable);
checkArgument(size > 0);
return new IterableWithToString>() {
public Iterator> iterator() {
return Iterators.paddedPartition(iterable.iterator(), size);
}
};
}
/**
* Returns the elements of {@code unfiltered} that satisfy a predicate. The
* resulting iterable's iterator does not support {@code remove()}.
*/
public static Iterable filter(
final Iterable unfiltered, final Predicate super T> predicate) {
checkNotNull(unfiltered);
checkNotNull(predicate);
return new IterableWithToString() {
public Iterator iterator() {
return Iterators.filter(unfiltered.iterator(), predicate);
}
};
}
/**
* Returns all instances of class {@code type} in {@code unfiltered}. The
* returned iterable has elements whose class is {@code type} or a subclass of
* {@code type}. The returned iterable's iterator does not support
* {@code remove()}.
*
* @param unfiltered an iterable containing objects of any type
* @param type the type of elements desired
* @return an unmodifiable iterable containing all elements of the original
* iterable that were of the requested type
*/
@GwtIncompatible("Class.isInstance")
public static Iterable filter(
final Iterable> unfiltered, final Class type) {
checkNotNull(unfiltered);
checkNotNull(type);
return new IterableWithToString() {
public Iterator iterator() {
return Iterators.filter(unfiltered.iterator(), type);
}
};
}
/**
* Returns {@code true} if one or more elements in {@code iterable} satisfy
* the predicate.
*/
public static boolean any(
Iterable iterable, Predicate super T> predicate) {
return Iterators.any(iterable.iterator(), predicate);
}
/**
* Returns {@code true} if every element in {@code iterable} satisfies the
* predicate. If {@code iterable} is empty, {@code true} is returned.
*/
public static boolean all(
Iterable iterable, Predicate super T> predicate) {
return Iterators.all(iterable.iterator(), predicate);
}
/**
* Returns the first element in {@code iterable} that satisfies the given
* predicate.
*
* @throws NoSuchElementException if no element in {@code iterable} matches
* the given predicate
*/
public static T find(Iterable iterable,
Predicate super T> predicate) {
return Iterators.find(iterable.iterator(), predicate);
}
/**
* Returns the index in {@code iterable} of the first element that satisfies
* the provided {@code predicate}, or {@code -1} if the Iterable has no such
* elements.
*
* More formally, returns the lowest index {@code i} such that
* {@code predicate.apply(Iterables.get(iterable, i))} is {@code true} or
* {@code -1} if there is no such index.
*
* @since 2
*/
public static int indexOf(
Iterable iterable, Predicate super T> predicate) {
return Iterators.indexOf(iterable.iterator(), predicate);
}
/**
* Returns an iterable that applies {@code function} to each element of {@code
* fromIterable}.
*
* The returned iterable's iterator supports {@code remove()} if the
* provided iterator does. After a successful {@code remove()} call,
* {@code fromIterable} no longer contains the corresponding element.
*/
public static Iterable transform(final Iterable fromIterable,
final Function super F, ? extends T> function) {
checkNotNull(fromIterable);
checkNotNull(function);
return new IterableWithToString() {
public Iterator iterator() {
return Iterators.transform(fromIterable.iterator(), function);
}
};
}
/**
* Returns the element at the specified position in an iterable.
*
* @param position position of the element to return
* @return the element at the specified position in {@code iterable}
* @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if {@code position} is negative or
* greater than or equal to the size of {@code iterable}
*/
public static T get(Iterable iterable, int position) {
checkNotNull(iterable);
if (iterable instanceof List) {
return ((List) iterable).get(position);
}
if (iterable instanceof Collection) {
// Can check both ends
Collection collection = (Collection) iterable;
Preconditions.checkElementIndex(position, collection.size());
} else {
// Can only check the lower end
checkNonnegativeIndex(position);
}
return Iterators.get(iterable.iterator(), position);
}
private static void checkNonnegativeIndex(int position) {
if (position < 0) {
throw new IndexOutOfBoundsException(
"position cannot be negative: " + position);
}
}
/**
* Returns the last element of {@code iterable}.
*
* @return the last element of {@code iterable}
* @throws NoSuchElementException if the iterable has no elements
*/
public static T getLast(Iterable iterable) {
if (iterable instanceof List) {
List list = (List) iterable;
// TODO: Support a concurrent list whose size changes while this method
// is running.
if (list.isEmpty()) {
throw new NoSuchElementException();
}
return getLastInNonemptyList(list);
}
// TODO: consider whether this "optimization" is worthwhile. Users with
// SortedSets tend to know they are SortedSets and probably would not
// call this method.
if (iterable instanceof SortedSet) {
SortedSet sortedSet = (SortedSet) iterable;
return sortedSet.last();
}
return Iterators.getLast(iterable.iterator());
}
/**
* Returns the last element of {@code iterable} or {@code defaultValue} if
* the iterable is empty.
*
* @param defaultValue the value to return if {@code iterable} is empty
* @return the last element of {@code iterable} or the default value
* @since 3
*/
public static T getLast(Iterable iterable, @Nullable T defaultValue) {
if (iterable instanceof Collection) {
Collection collection = (Collection) iterable;
if (collection.isEmpty()) {
return defaultValue;
}
}
if (iterable instanceof List) {
List list = (List) iterable;
return getLastInNonemptyList(list);
}
// TODO: consider whether this "optimization" is worthwhile. Users with
// SortedSets tend to know they are SortedSets and probably would not
// call this method.
if (iterable instanceof SortedSet) {
SortedSet sortedSet = (SortedSet) iterable;
return sortedSet.last();
}
return Iterators.getLast(iterable.iterator(), defaultValue);
}
private static T getLastInNonemptyList(List list) {
return list.get(list.size() - 1);
}
/**
* Returns a view of {@code iterable} that skips its first
* {@code numberToSkip} elements. If {@code iterable} contains fewer than
* {@code numberToSkip} elements, the returned iterable skips all of its
* elements.
*
* Modifications to the underlying {@link Iterable} before a call to
* {@code iterator()} are reflected in the returned iterator. That is, the
* iterator skips the first {@code numberToSkip} elements that exist when the
* {@code Iterator} is created, not when {@code skip()} is called.
*
*
The returned iterable's iterator supports {@code remove()} if the
* iterator of the underlying iterable supports it. Note that it is
* not possible to delete the last skipped element by immediately
* calling {@code remove()} on that iterator, as the {@code Iterator}
* contract states that a call to {@code remove()} before a call to
* {@code next()} will throw an {@link IllegalStateException}.
*
* @since 3
*/
@Beta // naming issue
public static Iterable skip(final Iterable iterable,
final int numberToSkip) {
checkNotNull(iterable);
checkArgument(numberToSkip >= 0, "number to skip cannot be negative");
if (iterable instanceof List) {
final List list = (List) iterable;
return new IterableWithToString() {
public Iterator iterator() {
// TODO: Support a concurrent list whose size changes while this
// method is running.
return (numberToSkip >= list.size())
? Iterators.emptyIterator()
: list.subList(numberToSkip, list.size()).iterator();
}
};
}
return new IterableWithToString() {
public Iterator iterator() {
final Iterator iterator = iterable.iterator();
Iterators.skip(iterator, numberToSkip);
/*
* We can't just return the iterator because an immediate call to its
* remove() method would remove one of the skipped elements instead of
* throwing an IllegalStateException.
*/
return new Iterator() {
boolean atStart = true;
public boolean hasNext() {
return iterator.hasNext();
}
public T next() {
if (!hasNext()) {
throw new NoSuchElementException();
}
try {
return iterator.next();
} finally {
atStart = false;
}
}
public void remove() {
if (atStart) {
throw new IllegalStateException();
}
iterator.remove();
}
};
}
};
}
/**
* Creates an iterable with the first {@code limitSize} elements of the given
* iterable. If the original iterable does not contain that many elements, the
* returned iterator will have the same behavior as the original iterable. The
* returned iterable's iterator supports {@code remove()} if the original
* iterator does.
*
* @param iterable the iterable to limit
* @param limitSize the maximum number of elements in the returned iterator
* @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code limitSize} is negative
* @since 3
*/
@Beta // naming issue
public static Iterable limit(
final Iterable iterable, final int limitSize) {
checkNotNull(iterable);
checkArgument(limitSize >= 0, "limit is negative");
return new IterableWithToString() {
public Iterator iterator() {
return Iterators.limit(iterable.iterator(), limitSize);
}
};
}
/**
* Returns a view of the supplied iterable that wraps each generated
* {@link Iterator} through {@link Iterators#consumingIterator(Iterator)}.
*
* @param iterable the iterable to wrap
* @return a view of the supplied iterable that wraps each generated iterator
* through {@link Iterators#consumingIterator(Iterator)}
*
* @see Iterators#consumingIterator(Iterator)
* @since 2
*/
@Beta
public static Iterable consumingIterable(final Iterable iterable) {
checkNotNull(iterable);
return new Iterable() {
public Iterator iterator() {
return Iterators.consumingIterator(iterable.iterator());
}
};
}
// Methods only in Iterables, not in Iterators
/**
* Adapts a list to an iterable with reversed iteration order. It is
* especially useful in foreach-style loops: {@code
*
* List mylist = ...
* for (String str : Iterables.reverse(mylist)) {
* ...
* }}
*
* There is no corresponding method in {@link Iterators}, since {@link
* Iterable#iterator} can simply be invoked on the result of calling this
* method.
*
* @return an iterable with the same elements as the list, in reverse
*/
public static Iterable reverse(final List list) {
checkNotNull(list);
return new IterableWithToString() {
public Iterator iterator() {
final ListIterator listIter = list.listIterator(list.size());
return new Iterator() {
public boolean hasNext() {
return listIter.hasPrevious();
}
public T next() {
return listIter.previous();
}
public void remove() {
listIter.remove();
}
};
}
};
}
/**
* Determines if the given iterable contains no elements.
*
* There is no precise {@link Iterator} equivalent to this method, since
* one can only ask an iterator whether it has any elements remaining
* (which one does using {@link Iterator#hasNext}).
*
* @return {@code true} if the iterable contains no elements
*/
public static boolean isEmpty(Iterable iterable) {
return !iterable.iterator().hasNext();
}
// Non-public
/**
* Removes the specified element from the specified iterable.
*
* This method iterates over the iterable, checking each element returned
* by the iterator in turn to see if it equals the object {@code o}. If they
* are equal, it is removed from the iterable with the iterator's
* {@code remove} method. At most one element is removed, even if the iterable
* contains multiple members that equal {@code o}.
*
*
Warning: Do not use this method for a collection, such as a
* {@link HashSet}, that has a fast {@code remove} method.
*
* @param iterable the iterable from which to remove
* @param o an element to remove from the collection
* @return {@code true} if the iterable changed as a result
* @throws UnsupportedOperationException if the iterator does not support the
* {@code remove} method and the iterable contains the object
*/
static boolean remove(Iterable> iterable, @Nullable Object o) {
Iterator> i = iterable.iterator();
while (i.hasNext()) {
if (Objects.equal(i.next(), o)) {
i.remove();
return true;
}
}
return false;
}
abstract static class IterableWithToString implements Iterable {
@Override public String toString() {
return Iterables.toString(this);
}
}
}