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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.jackrabbit.commons.iterator;
+
+import java.util.Iterator;
+
+import javax.jcr.Node;
+import javax.jcr.NodeIterator;
+import javax.jcr.Property;
+import javax.jcr.PropertyIterator;
+import javax.jcr.nodetype.NodeType;
+import javax.jcr.nodetype.NodeTypeIterator;
+import javax.jcr.observation.Event;
+import javax.jcr.observation.EventIterator;
+import javax.jcr.observation.EventListener;
+import javax.jcr.observation.EventListenerIterator;
+import javax.jcr.query.Row;
+import javax.jcr.query.RowIterator;
+import javax.jcr.security.AccessControlPolicyIterator;
+import javax.jcr.version.Version;
+import javax.jcr.version.VersionIterator;
+
+/**
+ * A utility class providing static access to <code>Iterator</code> wrappers
+ * that are contained in this package.
+ * <p>
+ * By static importing
+ * <code>org.apache.jackrabbit.commons.iterator.Iterators.iterable</code>, you
+ * will be able to transform any {@link Iterator} from the JCR API into a
+ * corresponding {@link Iterable} for use in a Java 5 foreach loop.
+ * <p>
+ * An example:
+ * <p>
+ * <code><pre>
+ * import static org.apache.jackrabbit.commons.iterator.Iterators.iterable;
+ *
+ * // And then:
+ * for (Node n : iterable(parent.getNodes())) {
+ *   // Do stuff with n
+ * }
+ * </pre></code>
+ *
+ * @since Apache Jackrabbit 2.7
+ */
+public class Iterators {
+
+    /**
+     * Transform any type of {@link Iterator} into an {@link Iterable}
+     *
+     * @param iterator
+     *            The input <code>Iterator</code>
+     * @return The wrapping <code>Iterable</code>
+     */
+    public static <I> Iterable<I> iterable(final Iterator<I> iterator) {
+        return new Iterable<I>() {
+            @Override
+            public Iterator<I> iterator() {
+                return iterator;
+            }
+        };
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Transform an {@link AccessControlPolicyIterator} into an {@link Iterable}
+     *
+     * @param iterator
+     *            The input <code>Iterator</code>
+     * @return The wrapping <code>Iterable</code>
+     */
+    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+    public static Iterable<AccessControlPolicyIterator> iterable(AccessControlPolicyIterator iterator) {
+        return iterable((Iterator<AccessControlPolicyIterator>) iterator);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Transform an {@link EventIterator} into an {@link Iterable}
+     *
+     * @param iterator
+     *            The input <code>Iterator</code>
+     * @return The wrapping <code>Iterable</code>
+     */
+    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+    public static Iterable<Event> iterable(EventIterator iterator) {
+        return iterable((Iterator<Event>) iterator);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Transform an {@link EventListenerIterator} into an {@link Iterable}
+     *
+     * @param iterator
+     *            The input <code>Iterator</code>
+     * @return The wrapping <code>Iterable</code>
+     */
+    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+    public static Iterable<EventListener> iterable(EventListenerIterator iterator) {
+        return iterable((Iterator<EventListener>) iterator);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Transform an {@link NodeIterator} into an {@link Iterable}
+     *
+     * @param iterator
+     *            The input <code>Iterator</code>
+     * @return The wrapping <code>Iterable</code>
+     */
+    public static Iterable<Node> iterable(NodeIterator iterator) {
+        return new NodeIterable(iterator);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Transform an {@link NodeTypeIterator} into an {@link Iterable}
+     *
+     * @param iterator
+     *            The input <code>Iterator</code>
+     * @return The wrapping <code>Iterable</code>
+     */
+    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+    public static Iterable<NodeType> iterable(NodeTypeIterator iterator) {
+        return iterable((Iterator<NodeType>) iterator);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Transform an {@link PropertyIterator} into an {@link Iterable}
+     *
+     * @param iterator
+     *            The input <code>Iterator</code>
+     * @return The wrapping <code>Iterable</code>
+     */
+    public static Iterable<Property> iterable(PropertyIterator iterator) {
+        return new PropertyIterable(iterator);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Transform an {@link RowIterator} into an {@link Iterable}
+     *
+     * @param iterator
+     *            The input <code>Iterator</code>
+     * @return The wrapping <code>Iterable</code>
+     */
+    public static Iterable<Row> iterable(RowIterator iterator) {
+        return new RowIterable(iterator);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Transform an {@link VersionIterator} into an {@link Iterable}
+     *
+     * @param iterator
+     *            The input <code>Iterator</code>
+     * @return The wrapping <code>Iterable</code>
+     */
+    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+    public static Iterable<Version> iterable(VersionIterator iterator) {
+        return iterable((Iterator<Version>) iterator);
+    }
+}