1. /*
  2. * Copyright 2003-2004 The Apache Software Foundation
  3. *
  4. * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  5. * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
  6. * You may obtain a copy of the License at
  7. *
  8. * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
  9. *
  10. * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
  11. * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
  12. * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
  13. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  14. * limitations under the License.
  15. */
  16. package org.apache.commons.collections;
  17. import java.util.Iterator;
  18. /**
  19. * Defines an iterator that can be reset back to an initial state.
  20. * <p>
  21. * This interface allows an iterator to be repeatedly reused.
  22. *
  23. * @since Commons Collections 3.0
  24. * @version $Revision: 1.4 $ $Date: 2004/02/18 01:15:42 $
  25. *
  26. * @author Stephen Colebourne
  27. */
  28. public interface ResettableIterator extends Iterator {
  29. /**
  30. * Resets the iterator back to the position at which the iterator
  31. * was created.
  32. */
  33. public void reset();
  34. }