package vigna.fastutil;

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 * Copyright (C) 2002-2015 Sebastiano Vigna
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import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.ListIterator;

/** A bidirectional {@link Iterator}.
 *
 * <P>This kind of iterator is essentially a {@link ListIterator} that
 * does not support {@link ListIterator#previousIndex()} and {@link
 * ListIterator#nextIndex()}. It is useful for those maps that can easily
 * provide bidirectional iteration, but provide no index.
 *
 * <P>Note that iterators returned by <code>fastutil</code> classes are more
 * specific, and support skipping. This class serves the purpose of organising
 * in a cleaner way the relationships between various iterators.
 *
 * @see Iterator
 * @see ListIterator
 */

public interface BidirectionalIterator<K> extends Iterator<K> {

	/** Returns the previous element from the collection.
	 *
	 * @return the previous element from the collection.
	 * @see ListIterator#previous()
	 */

	K previous();

	/** Returns whether there is a previous element.
	 *
	 * @return whether there is a previous element.
	 * @see ListIterator#hasPrevious()
	 */

	boolean hasPrevious();
}
