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/*
 * Copyright (c) 2016 Torsten Krause, Markenwerk GmbH
 * 
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package net.markenwerk.commons.iterables;

import net.markenwerk.commons.iterators.ProtectedBidirectionalIterator;
import net.markenwerk.commons.iterators.ProtectedIterator;

/**
 * A {@link ProtectedBidirectionalIterable} is a {@link BidirectionalIterable}
 * that guarantees that every call to {@linkplain Iterable#iterator()} yields a
 * {@link ProtectedBidirectionalIterator}.
 * 
 * @param 
 *            The payload type.
 * @author Torsten Krause (tk at markenwerk dot net)
 * @since 3.2.0
 */
public interface ProtectedBidirectionalIterable extends BidirectionalIterable {

	/**
	 * Returns a {@link ProtectedIterator}.
	 * 
	 * @return A {@link ProtectedIterator}.
	 */
	@Override
	public ProtectedBidirectionalIterator iterator();

}