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* Copyright (C) 2002-2017 Sebastiano Vigna
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package it.unimi.dsi.fastutil.objects;
import java.util.Collection;
/** A type-specific {@link Collection}; provides some additional methods
* that use polymorphism to avoid (un)boxing.
*
* Additionally, this class defines strengthens (again) {@link #iterator()}.
*
* @see Collection
*/
public interface ReferenceCollection extends Collection, ObjectIterable {
/** Returns a type-specific iterator on the elements of this collection.
*
* Note that this specification strengthens the one given in
* {@link java.lang.Iterable#iterator()}, which was already
* strengthened in the corresponding type-specific class,
* but was weakened by the fact that this interface extends {@link Collection}.
*
* @return a type-specific iterator on the elements of this collection.
*/
@Override
ObjectIterator iterator();
/** Returns a type-specific iterator on this elements of this collection.
*
* @see #iterator()
* @deprecated As of fastutil 5, replaced by {@link #iterator()}.
*/
@Deprecated
ObjectIterator objectIterator();
}