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+// kelondroCloneableSetIterator.java
+// (C) 2007 by Michael Peter Christen; mc@yacy.net, Frankfurt a. M., Germany
+// first published 25.04.2007 on http://yacy.net
+//
+// This is a part of YaCy, a peer-to-peer based web search engine
+//
+// $LastChangedDate: 2006-04-02 22:40:07 +0200 (So, 02 Apr 2006) $
+// $LastChangedRevision: 1986 $
+// $LastChangedBy: orbiter $
+//
+// LICENSE
+// 
+// This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+// GNU General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+// along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+// Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
+
+
+package de.anomic.kelondro;
+
+import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.TreeSet;
+
+public class kelondroCloneableSetIterator implements kelondroCloneableIterator {
+
+	TreeSet set;
+	Object next, last;
+	Object start;
+	Iterator iter;
+	
+
+	public kelondroCloneableSetIterator(TreeSet set, Object start) {
+		// set must contain byte[] elements or String elements.
+		// start must be either of type byte[] or String
+		this.set = set;
+		this.start = start;
+		this.iter = set.iterator();
+		if (this.start == null) {
+			if (iter.hasNext()) this.next = iter.next(); else this.next = null;
+		} else while (iter.hasNext()) {
+			this.next = iter.next();
+			if (set.comparator().compare(next, start) > 1) break;
+		}
+		this.last = null;
+	}
+	
+	public Object clone(Object modifier) {
+		return new kelondroCloneableSetIterator(set, modifier);
+	}
+
+	public boolean hasNext() {
+		return this.next != null;
+	}
+
+	public Object next() {
+		this.last = this.next;
+		if (this.iter.hasNext()) {
+			this.next = this.iter.next();
+		} else {
+			this.next = null;
+		}
+		return this.last;
+	}
+
+	public void remove() {
+		this.set.remove(this.last);
+	}
+
+}