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Some common iterables for Java

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/*
 * Copyright (c) 2015 Torsten Krause, Markenwerk GmbH
 * 
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package net.markenwerk.commons.iterables;

import java.util.Iterator;

import net.markenwerk.commons.iterators.NullFreeIterator;

/**
 * An {@link NullFreeIterable} is a {@link Iterable} that can be wrapped around
 * a given {@link Iterable} and generates {@link Iterator Iterators} that
 * filters out {@literal null} values.
 * 
 * 
 * Calling {@link NullFreeIterable#iterator()} creates an instance of
 * {@link NullFreeIterator}.
 * 
 * @param 
 *            The payload type.
 * @author Torsten Krause (tk at markenwerk dot net)
 * @since 1.0.0
 */
public final class NullFreeIterable implements Iterable {

	private final Iterable iterable;

	/**
	 * Creates a new {@link NullFreeIterable} from the given {@link Iterable}.
	 * 
	 * @param iterable
	 *            The {@link Iterable}, around which the new
	 *            {@link NullFreeIterable} will be wrapped.
	 */
	public NullFreeIterable(Iterable iterable) {
		this.iterable = iterable;
	}

	@Override
	public Iterator iterator() {
		return new NullFreeIterator(iterable.iterator());
	}

}