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The Apache Commons Collections package contains types that extend and augment the Java Collections Framework.

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package org.apache.commons.collections4;

import java.util.Iterator;

/**
 * Defines an iterator that can be reset back to an initial state.
 * 
 * This interface allows an iterator to be repeatedly reused.
 * 
 *
 * @param  the type of elements returned by this iterator
 * @since 3.0
 */
public interface ResettableIterator extends Iterator {

    /**
     * Resets the iterator back to the position at which the iterator
     * was created.
     */
    void reset();

}