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/*
 * Copyright (C) 2007 The Guava Authors
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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package com.google.common.collect;

import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkArgument;
import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
import static com.google.common.collect.CollectPreconditions.checkRemove;

import com.google.common.annotations.Beta;
import com.google.common.annotations.GwtCompatible;
import com.google.common.annotations.GwtIncompatible;
import com.google.common.base.Function;
import com.google.common.base.Optional;
import com.google.common.base.Predicate;

import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.Comparator;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.NoSuchElementException;
import java.util.Queue;
import java.util.RandomAccess;
import java.util.Set;

import javax.annotation.CheckReturnValue;
import javax.annotation.Nullable;

/**
 * This class contains static utility methods that operate on or return objects
 * of type {@code Iterable}. Except as noted, each method has a corresponding
 * {@link Iterator}-based method in the {@link Iterators} class.
 *
 * <p><i>Performance notes:</i> Unless otherwise noted, all of the iterables
 * produced in this class are <i>lazy</i>, which means that their iterators
 * only advance the backing iteration when absolutely necessary.
 *
 * <p>See the Guava User Guide article on <a href=
 * "https://github.com/google/guava/wiki/CollectionUtilitiesExplained#iterables">
 * {@code Iterables}</a>.
 *
 * @author Kevin Bourrillion
 * @author Jared Levy
 * @since 2.0
 */
@GwtCompatible(emulated = true)
public final class Iterables {
    private Iterables() {
    }

    /** Returns an unmodifiable view of {@code iterable}. */
    public static <T> Iterable<T> unmodifiableIterable(final Iterable<T> iterable) {
        checkNotNull(iterable);
        if (iterable instanceof UnmodifiableIterable || iterable instanceof ImmutableCollection) {
            return iterable;
        }
        return new UnmodifiableIterable<T>(iterable);
    }

    /**
     * Simply returns its argument.
     *
     * @deprecated no need to use this
     * @since 10.0
     */
    @Deprecated
    public static <E> Iterable<E> unmodifiableIterable(ImmutableCollection<E> iterable) {
        return checkNotNull(iterable);
    }

    private static final class UnmodifiableIterable<T> extends FluentIterable<T> {
        private final Iterable<T> iterable;

        private UnmodifiableIterable(Iterable<T> iterable) {
            this.iterable = iterable;
        }

        @Override
        public Iterator<T> iterator() {
            return Iterators.unmodifiableIterator(iterable.iterator());
        }

        @Override
        public String toString() {
            return iterable.toString();
        }
        // no equals and hashCode; it would break the contract!
    }

    /**
     * Returns the number of elements in {@code iterable}.
     */
    public static int size(Iterable<?> iterable) {
        return (iterable instanceof Collection) ? ((Collection<?>) iterable).size()
                : Iterators.size(iterable.iterator());
    }

    /**
     * Returns {@code true} if {@code iterable} contains any object for which {@code equals(element)}
     * is true.
     */
    public static boolean contains(Iterable<?> iterable, @Nullable Object element) {
        if (iterable instanceof Collection) {
            Collection<?> collection = (Collection<?>) iterable;
            return Collections2.safeContains(collection, element);
        }
        return Iterators.contains(iterable.iterator(), element);
    }

    /**
     * Removes, from an iterable, every element that belongs to the provided
     * collection.
     *
     * <p>This method calls {@link Collection#removeAll} if {@code iterable} is a
     * collection, and {@link Iterators#removeAll} otherwise.
     *
     * @param removeFrom the iterable to (potentially) remove elements from
     * @param elementsToRemove the elements to remove
     * @return {@code true} if any element was removed from {@code iterable}
     */
    public static boolean removeAll(Iterable<?> removeFrom, Collection<?> elementsToRemove) {
        return (removeFrom instanceof Collection)
                ? ((Collection<?>) removeFrom).removeAll(checkNotNull(elementsToRemove))
                : Iterators.removeAll(removeFrom.iterator(), elementsToRemove);
    }

    /**
     * Removes, from an iterable, every element that does not belong to the
     * provided collection.
     *
     * <p>This method calls {@link Collection#retainAll} if {@code iterable} is a
     * collection, and {@link Iterators#retainAll} otherwise.
     *
     * @param removeFrom the iterable to (potentially) remove elements from
     * @param elementsToRetain the elements to retain
     * @return {@code true} if any element was removed from {@code iterable}
     */
    public static boolean retainAll(Iterable<?> removeFrom, Collection<?> elementsToRetain) {
        return (removeFrom instanceof Collection)
                ? ((Collection<?>) removeFrom).retainAll(checkNotNull(elementsToRetain))
                : Iterators.retainAll(removeFrom.iterator(), elementsToRetain);
    }

    /**
     * Removes, from an iterable, every element that satisfies the provided
     * predicate.
     *
     * <p>Removals may or may not happen immediately as each element is tested
     * against the predicate.  The behavior of this method is not specified if
     * {@code predicate} is dependent on {@code removeFrom}.
     *
     * @param removeFrom the iterable to (potentially) remove elements from
     * @param predicate a predicate that determines whether an element should
     *     be removed
     * @return {@code true} if any elements were removed from the iterable
     *
     * @throws UnsupportedOperationException if the iterable does not support
     *     {@code remove()}.
     * @since 2.0
     */
    public static <T> boolean removeIf(Iterable<T> removeFrom, Predicate<? super T> predicate) {
        if (removeFrom instanceof RandomAccess && removeFrom instanceof List) {
            return removeIfFromRandomAccessList((List<T>) removeFrom, checkNotNull(predicate));
        }
        return Iterators.removeIf(removeFrom.iterator(), predicate);
    }

    private static <T> boolean removeIfFromRandomAccessList(List<T> list, Predicate<? super T> predicate) {
        // Note: Not all random access lists support set() so we need to deal with
        // those that don't and attempt the slower remove() based solution.
        int from = 0;
        int to = 0;

        for (; from < list.size(); from++) {
            T element = list.get(from);
            if (!predicate.apply(element)) {
                if (from > to) {
                    try {
                        list.set(to, element);
                    } catch (UnsupportedOperationException e) {
                        slowRemoveIfForRemainingElements(list, predicate, to, from);
                        return true;
                    }
                }
                to++;
            }
        }

        // Clear the tail of any remaining items
        list.subList(to, list.size()).clear();
        return from != to;
    }

    private static <T> void slowRemoveIfForRemainingElements(List<T> list, Predicate<? super T> predicate, int to,
            int from) {
        // Here we know that:
        // * (to < from) and that both are valid indices.
        // * Everything with (index < to) should be kept.
        // * Everything with (to <= index < from) should be removed.
        // * The element with (index == from) should be kept.
        // * Everything with (index > from) has not been checked yet.

        // Check from the end of the list backwards (minimize expected cost of
        // moving elements when remove() is called). Stop before 'from' because
        // we already know that should be kept.
        for (int n = list.size() - 1; n > from; n--) {
            if (predicate.apply(list.get(n))) {
                list.remove(n);
            }
        }
        // And now remove everything in the range [to, from) (going backwards).
        for (int n = from - 1; n >= to; n--) {
            list.remove(n);
        }
    }

    /**
     * Removes and returns the first matching element, or returns {@code null} if there is none.
     */
    @Nullable
    static <T> T removeFirstMatching(Iterable<T> removeFrom, Predicate<? super T> predicate) {
        checkNotNull(predicate);
        Iterator<T> iterator = removeFrom.iterator();
        while (iterator.hasNext()) {
            T next = iterator.next();
            if (predicate.apply(next)) {
                iterator.remove();
                return next;
            }
        }
        return null;
    }

    /**
     * Determines whether two iterables contain equal elements in the same order.
     * More specifically, this method returns {@code true} if {@code iterable1}
     * and {@code iterable2} contain the same number of elements and every element
     * of {@code iterable1} is equal to the corresponding element of
     * {@code iterable2}.
     */
    @CheckReturnValue
    public static boolean elementsEqual(Iterable<?> iterable1, Iterable<?> iterable2) {
        if (iterable1 instanceof Collection && iterable2 instanceof Collection) {
            Collection<?> collection1 = (Collection<?>) iterable1;
            Collection<?> collection2 = (Collection<?>) iterable2;
            if (collection1.size() != collection2.size()) {
                return false;
            }
        }
        return Iterators.elementsEqual(iterable1.iterator(), iterable2.iterator());
    }

    /**
     * Returns a string representation of {@code iterable}, with the format {@code
     * [e1, e2, ..., en]} (that is, identical to {@link java.util.Arrays
     * Arrays}{@code .toString(Iterables.toArray(iterable))}). Note that for
     * <i>most</i> implementations of {@link Collection}, {@code
     * collection.toString()} also gives the same result, but that behavior is not
     * generally guaranteed.
     */
    public static String toString(Iterable<?> iterable) {
        return Iterators.toString(iterable.iterator());
    }

    /**
     * Returns the single element contained in {@code iterable}.
     *
     * @throws NoSuchElementException if the iterable is empty
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the iterable contains multiple
     *     elements
     */
    public static <T> T getOnlyElement(Iterable<T> iterable) {
        return Iterators.getOnlyElement(iterable.iterator());
    }

    /**
     * Returns the single element contained in {@code iterable}, or {@code
     * defaultValue} if the iterable is empty.
     *
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the iterator contains multiple
     *     elements
     */
    @Nullable
    public static <T> T getOnlyElement(Iterable<? extends T> iterable, @Nullable T defaultValue) {
        return Iterators.getOnlyElement(iterable.iterator(), defaultValue);
    }

    /**
     * Copies an iterable's elements into an array.
     *
     * @param iterable the iterable to copy
     * @param type the type of the elements
     * @return a newly-allocated array into which all the elements of the iterable
     *     have been copied
     */
    @GwtIncompatible("Array.newInstance(Class, int)")
    public static <T> T[] toArray(Iterable<? extends T> iterable, Class<T> type) {
        return toArray(iterable, ObjectArrays.newArray(type, 0));
    }

    static <T> T[] toArray(Iterable<? extends T> iterable, T[] array) {
        Collection<? extends T> collection = castOrCopyToCollection(iterable);
        return collection.toArray(array);
    }

    /**
     * Copies an iterable's elements into an array.
     *
     * @param iterable the iterable to copy
     * @return a newly-allocated array into which all the elements of the iterable
     *     have been copied
     */
    static Object[] toArray(Iterable<?> iterable) {
        return castOrCopyToCollection(iterable).toArray();
    }

    /**
     * Converts an iterable into a collection. If the iterable is already a
     * collection, it is returned. Otherwise, an {@link java.util.ArrayList} is
     * created with the contents of the iterable in the same iteration order.
     */
    private static <E> Collection<E> castOrCopyToCollection(Iterable<E> iterable) {
        return (iterable instanceof Collection) ? (Collection<E>) iterable
                : Lists.newArrayList(iterable.iterator());
    }

    /**
     * Adds all elements in {@code iterable} to {@code collection}.
     *
     * @return {@code true} if {@code collection} was modified as a result of this
     *     operation.
     */
    public static <T> boolean addAll(Collection<T> addTo, Iterable<? extends T> elementsToAdd) {
        if (elementsToAdd instanceof Collection) {
            Collection<? extends T> c = Collections2.cast(elementsToAdd);
            return addTo.addAll(c);
        }
        return Iterators.addAll(addTo, checkNotNull(elementsToAdd).iterator());
    }

    /**
     * Returns the number of elements in the specified iterable that equal the
     * specified object. This implementation avoids a full iteration when the
     * iterable is a {@link Multiset} or {@link Set}.
     *
     * @see Collections#frequency
     */
    public static int frequency(Iterable<?> iterable, @Nullable Object element) {
        if ((iterable instanceof Multiset)) {
            return ((Multiset<?>) iterable).count(element);
        } else if ((iterable instanceof Set)) {
            return ((Set<?>) iterable).contains(element) ? 1 : 0;
        }
        return Iterators.frequency(iterable.iterator(), element);
    }

    /**
     * Returns an iterable whose iterators cycle indefinitely over the elements of
     * {@code iterable}.
     *
     * <p>That iterator supports {@code remove()} if {@code iterable.iterator()}
     * does. After {@code remove()} is called, subsequent cycles omit the removed
     * element, which is no longer in {@code iterable}. The iterator's
     * {@code hasNext()} method returns {@code true} until {@code iterable} is
     * empty.
     *
     * <p><b>Warning:</b> Typical uses of the resulting iterator may produce an
     * infinite loop. You should use an explicit {@code break} or be certain that
     * you will eventually remove all the elements.
     *
     * <p>To cycle over the iterable {@code n} times, use the following:
     * {@code Iterables.concat(Collections.nCopies(n, iterable))}
     */
    public static <T> Iterable<T> cycle(final Iterable<T> iterable) {
        checkNotNull(iterable);
        return new FluentIterable<T>() {
            @Override
            public Iterator<T> iterator() {
                return Iterators.cycle(iterable);
            }

            @Override
            public String toString() {
                return iterable.toString() + " (cycled)";
            }
        };
    }

    /**
     * Returns an iterable whose iterators cycle indefinitely over the provided
     * elements.
     *
     * <p>After {@code remove} is invoked on a generated iterator, the removed
     * element will no longer appear in either that iterator or any other iterator
     * created from the same source iterable. That is, this method behaves exactly
     * as {@code Iterables.cycle(Lists.newArrayList(elements))}. The iterator's
     * {@code hasNext} method returns {@code true} until all of the original
     * elements have been removed.
     *
     * <p><b>Warning:</b> Typical uses of the resulting iterator may produce an
     * infinite loop. You should use an explicit {@code break} or be certain that
     * you will eventually remove all the elements.
     *
     * <p>To cycle over the elements {@code n} times, use the following:
     * {@code Iterables.concat(Collections.nCopies(n, Arrays.asList(elements)))}
     */
    public static <T> Iterable<T> cycle(T... elements) {
        return cycle(Lists.newArrayList(elements));
    }

    /**
     * Combines two iterables into a single iterable. The returned iterable has an
     * iterator that traverses the elements in {@code a}, followed by the elements
     * in {@code b}. The source iterators are not polled until necessary.
     *
     * <p>The returned iterable's iterator supports {@code remove()} when the
     * corresponding input iterator supports it.
     */
    public static <T> Iterable<T> concat(Iterable<? extends T> a, Iterable<? extends T> b) {
        return concat(ImmutableList.of(a, b));
    }

    /**
     * Combines three iterables into a single iterable. The returned iterable has
     * an iterator that traverses the elements in {@code a}, followed by the
     * elements in {@code b}, followed by the elements in {@code c}. The source
     * iterators are not polled until necessary.
     *
     * <p>The returned iterable's iterator supports {@code remove()} when the
     * corresponding input iterator supports it.
     */
    public static <T> Iterable<T> concat(Iterable<? extends T> a, Iterable<? extends T> b,
            Iterable<? extends T> c) {
        return concat(ImmutableList.of(a, b, c));
    }

    /**
     * Combines four iterables into a single iterable. The returned iterable has
     * an iterator that traverses the elements in {@code a}, followed by the
     * elements in {@code b}, followed by the elements in {@code c}, followed by
     * the elements in {@code d}. The source iterators are not polled until
     * necessary.
     *
     * <p>The returned iterable's iterator supports {@code remove()} when the
     * corresponding input iterator supports it.
     */
    public static <T> Iterable<T> concat(Iterable<? extends T> a, Iterable<? extends T> b, Iterable<? extends T> c,
            Iterable<? extends T> d) {
        return concat(ImmutableList.of(a, b, c, d));
    }

    /**
     * Combines multiple iterables into a single iterable. The returned iterable
     * has an iterator that traverses the elements of each iterable in
     * {@code inputs}. The input iterators are not polled until necessary.
     *
     * <p>The returned iterable's iterator supports {@code remove()} when the
     * corresponding input iterator supports it.
     *
     * @throws NullPointerException if any of the provided iterables is null
     */
    public static <T> Iterable<T> concat(Iterable<? extends T>... inputs) {
        return concat(ImmutableList.copyOf(inputs));
    }

    /**
     * Combines multiple iterables into a single iterable. The returned iterable
     * has an iterator that traverses the elements of each iterable in
     * {@code inputs}. The input iterators are not polled until necessary.
     *
     * <p>The returned iterable's iterator supports {@code remove()} when the
     * corresponding input iterator supports it. The methods of the returned
     * iterable may throw {@code NullPointerException} if any of the input
     * iterators is null.
     */
    public static <T> Iterable<T> concat(final Iterable<? extends Iterable<? extends T>> inputs) {
        checkNotNull(inputs);
        return new FluentIterable<T>() {
            @Override
            public Iterator<T> iterator() {
                return Iterators.concat(iterators(inputs));
            }
        };
    }

    /**
     * Returns an iterator over the iterators of the given iterables.
     */
    private static <T> Iterator<Iterator<? extends T>> iterators(
            Iterable<? extends Iterable<? extends T>> iterables) {
        return new TransformedIterator<Iterable<? extends T>, Iterator<? extends T>>(iterables.iterator()) {
            @Override
            Iterator<? extends T> transform(Iterable<? extends T> from) {
                return from.iterator();
            }
        };
    }

    /**
     * Divides an iterable into unmodifiable sublists of the given size (the final
     * iterable may be smaller). For example, partitioning an iterable containing
     * {@code [a, b, c, d, e]} with a partition size of 3 yields {@code
     * [[a, b, c], [d, e]]} -- an outer iterable containing two inner lists of
     * three and two elements, all in the original order.
     *
     * <p>Iterators returned by the returned iterable do not support the {@link
     * Iterator#remove()} method. The returned lists implement {@link
     * RandomAccess}, whether or not the input list does.
     *
     * <p><b>Note:</b> if {@code iterable} is a {@link List}, use {@link
     * Lists#partition(List, int)} instead.
     *
     * @param iterable the iterable to return a partitioned view of
     * @param size the desired size of each partition (the last may be smaller)
     * @return an iterable of unmodifiable lists containing the elements of {@code
     *     iterable} divided into partitions
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code size} is nonpositive
     */
    public static <T> Iterable<List<T>> partition(final Iterable<T> iterable, final int size) {
        checkNotNull(iterable);
        checkArgument(size > 0);
        return new FluentIterable<List<T>>() {
            @Override
            public Iterator<List<T>> iterator() {
                return Iterators.partition(iterable.iterator(), size);
            }
        };
    }

    /**
     * Divides an iterable into unmodifiable sublists of the given size, padding
     * the final iterable with null values if necessary. For example, partitioning
     * an iterable containing {@code [a, b, c, d, e]} with a partition size of 3
     * yields {@code [[a, b, c], [d, e, null]]} -- an outer iterable containing
     * two inner lists of three elements each, all in the original order.
     *
     * <p>Iterators returned by the returned iterable do not support the {@link
     * Iterator#remove()} method.
     *
     * @param iterable the iterable to return a partitioned view of
     * @param size the desired size of each partition
     * @return an iterable of unmodifiable lists containing the elements of {@code
     *     iterable} divided into partitions (the final iterable may have
     *     trailing null elements)
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code size} is nonpositive
     */
    public static <T> Iterable<List<T>> paddedPartition(final Iterable<T> iterable, final int size) {
        checkNotNull(iterable);
        checkArgument(size > 0);
        return new FluentIterable<List<T>>() {
            @Override
            public Iterator<List<T>> iterator() {
                return Iterators.paddedPartition(iterable.iterator(), size);
            }
        };
    }

    /**
     * Returns the elements of {@code unfiltered} that satisfy the input predicate
     * {@code retainIfTrue}. The resulting iterable's iterator does not support {@code remove()}.
     */
    @CheckReturnValue
    public static <T> Iterable<T> filter(final Iterable<T> unfiltered, final Predicate<? super T> retainIfTrue) {
        checkNotNull(unfiltered);
        checkNotNull(retainIfTrue);
        return new FluentIterable<T>() {
            @Override
            public Iterator<T> iterator() {
                return Iterators.filter(unfiltered.iterator(), retainIfTrue);
            }
        };
    }

    /**
     * Returns all elements in {@code unfiltered} that are of the type {@code desiredType}.
     * The returned iterable's iterator does not support {@code remove()}.
     *
     * @param unfiltered an iterable containing objects of any type, to be filtered on
     * @param desiredType the type of elements desired in the result iterable
     * @return an unmodifiable iterable containing all elements of the original
     *     iterable that were of the requested type
     */
    @GwtIncompatible("Class.isInstance")
    @CheckReturnValue
    public static <T> Iterable<T> filter(final Iterable<?> unfiltered, final Class<T> desiredType) {
        checkNotNull(unfiltered);
        checkNotNull(desiredType);
        return new FluentIterable<T>() {
            @Override
            public Iterator<T> iterator() {
                return Iterators.filter(unfiltered.iterator(), desiredType);
            }
        };
    }

    /**
     * Returns {@code true} if any element in {@code iterable} satisfies the predicate.
     */
    public static <T> boolean any(Iterable<T> iterable, Predicate<? super T> predicate) {
        return Iterators.any(iterable.iterator(), predicate);
    }

    /**
     * Returns {@code true} if every element in {@code iterable} satisfies the
     * predicate. If {@code iterable} is empty, {@code true} is returned.
     */
    public static <T> boolean all(Iterable<T> iterable, Predicate<? super T> predicate) {
        return Iterators.all(iterable.iterator(), predicate);
    }

    /**
     * Returns the first element in {@code iterable} that satisfies the given
     * predicate; use this method only when such an element is known to exist. If
     * it is possible that <i>no</i> element will match, use {@link #tryFind} or
     * {@link #find(Iterable, Predicate, Object)} instead.
     *
     * @throws NoSuchElementException if no element in {@code iterable} matches
     *     the given predicate
     */
    public static <T> T find(Iterable<T> iterable, Predicate<? super T> predicate) {
        return Iterators.find(iterable.iterator(), predicate);
    }

    /**
     * Returns the first element in {@code iterable} that satisfies the given
     * predicate, or {@code defaultValue} if none found. Note that this can
     * usually be handled more naturally using {@code
     * tryFind(iterable, predicate).or(defaultValue)}.
     *
     * @since 7.0
     */
    @Nullable
    public static <T> T find(Iterable<? extends T> iterable, Predicate<? super T> predicate,
            @Nullable T defaultValue) {
        return Iterators.find(iterable.iterator(), predicate, defaultValue);
    }

    /**
     * Returns an {@link Optional} containing the first element in {@code
     * iterable} that satisfies the given predicate, if such an element exists.
     *
     * <p><b>Warning:</b> avoid using a {@code predicate} that matches {@code
     * null}. If {@code null} is matched in {@code iterable}, a
     * NullPointerException will be thrown.
     *
     * @since 11.0
     */
    public static <T> Optional<T> tryFind(Iterable<T> iterable, Predicate<? super T> predicate) {
        return Iterators.tryFind(iterable.iterator(), predicate);
    }

    /**
     * Returns the index in {@code iterable} of the first element that satisfies
     * the provided {@code predicate}, or {@code -1} if the Iterable has no such
     * elements.
     *
     * <p>More formally, returns the lowest index {@code i} such that
     * {@code predicate.apply(Iterables.get(iterable, i))} returns {@code true},
     * or {@code -1} if there is no such index.
     *
     * @since 2.0
     */
    public static <T> int indexOf(Iterable<T> iterable, Predicate<? super T> predicate) {
        return Iterators.indexOf(iterable.iterator(), predicate);
    }

    /**
     * Returns an iterable that applies {@code function} to each element of {@code
     * fromIterable}.
     *
     * <p>The returned iterable's iterator supports {@code remove()} if the
     * provided iterator does. After a successful {@code remove()} call,
     * {@code fromIterable} no longer contains the corresponding element.
     *
     * <p>If the input {@code Iterable} is known to be a {@code List} or other
     * {@code Collection}, consider {@link Lists#transform} and {@link
     * Collections2#transform}.
     */
    @CheckReturnValue
    public static <F, T> Iterable<T> transform(final Iterable<F> fromIterable,
            final Function<? super F, ? extends T> function) {
        checkNotNull(fromIterable);
        checkNotNull(function);
        return new FluentIterable<T>() {
            @Override
            public Iterator<T> iterator() {
                return Iterators.transform(fromIterable.iterator(), function);
            }
        };
    }

    /**
     * Returns the element at the specified position in an iterable.
     *
     * @param position position of the element to return
     * @return the element at the specified position in {@code iterable}
     * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if {@code position} is negative or
     *     greater than or equal to the size of {@code iterable}
     */
    public static <T> T get(Iterable<T> iterable, int position) {
        checkNotNull(iterable);
        return (iterable instanceof List) ? ((List<T>) iterable).get(position)
                : Iterators.get(iterable.iterator(), position);
    }

    /**
     * Returns the element at the specified position in an iterable or a default
     * value otherwise.
     *
     * @param position position of the element to return
     * @param defaultValue the default value to return if {@code position} is
     *     greater than or equal to the size of the iterable
     * @return the element at the specified position in {@code iterable} or
     *     {@code defaultValue} if {@code iterable} contains fewer than
     *     {@code position + 1} elements.
     * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if {@code position} is negative
     * @since 4.0
     */
    @Nullable
    public static <T> T get(Iterable<? extends T> iterable, int position, @Nullable T defaultValue) {
        checkNotNull(iterable);
        Iterators.checkNonnegative(position);
        if (iterable instanceof List) {
            List<? extends T> list = Lists.cast(iterable);
            return (position < list.size()) ? list.get(position) : defaultValue;
        } else {
            Iterator<? extends T> iterator = iterable.iterator();
            Iterators.advance(iterator, position);
            return Iterators.getNext(iterator, defaultValue);
        }
    }

    /**
     * Returns the first element in {@code iterable} or {@code defaultValue} if
     * the iterable is empty.  The {@link Iterators} analog to this method is
     * {@link Iterators#getNext}.
     *
     * <p>If no default value is desired (and the caller instead wants a
     * {@link NoSuchElementException} to be thrown), it is recommended that
     * {@code iterable.iterator().next()} is used instead.
     *
     * @param defaultValue the default value to return if the iterable is empty
     * @return the first element of {@code iterable} or the default value
     * @since 7.0
     */
    @Nullable
    public static <T> T getFirst(Iterable<? extends T> iterable, @Nullable T defaultValue) {
        return Iterators.getNext(iterable.iterator(), defaultValue);
    }

    /**
     * Returns the last element of {@code iterable}.
     *
     * @return the last element of {@code iterable}
     * @throws NoSuchElementException if the iterable is empty
     */
    public static <T> T getLast(Iterable<T> iterable) {
        // TODO(kevinb): Support a concurrently modified collection?
        if (iterable instanceof List) {
            List<T> list = (List<T>) iterable;
            if (list.isEmpty()) {
                throw new NoSuchElementException();
            }
            return getLastInNonemptyList(list);
        }

        return Iterators.getLast(iterable.iterator());
    }

    /**
     * Returns the last element of {@code iterable} or {@code defaultValue} if
     * the iterable is empty.
     *
     * @param defaultValue the value to return if {@code iterable} is empty
     * @return the last element of {@code iterable} or the default value
     * @since 3.0
     */
    @Nullable
    public static <T> T getLast(Iterable<? extends T> iterable, @Nullable T defaultValue) {
        if (iterable instanceof Collection) {
            Collection<? extends T> c = Collections2.cast(iterable);
            if (c.isEmpty()) {
                return defaultValue;
            } else if (iterable instanceof List) {
                return getLastInNonemptyList(Lists.cast(iterable));
            }
        }

        return Iterators.getLast(iterable.iterator(), defaultValue);
    }

    private static <T> T getLastInNonemptyList(List<T> list) {
        return list.get(list.size() - 1);
    }

    /**
     * Returns a view of {@code iterable} that skips its first
     * {@code numberToSkip} elements. If {@code iterable} contains fewer than
     * {@code numberToSkip} elements, the returned iterable skips all of its
     * elements.
     *
     * <p>Modifications to the underlying {@link Iterable} before a call to
     * {@code iterator()} are reflected in the returned iterator. That is, the
     * iterator skips the first {@code numberToSkip} elements that exist when the
     * {@code Iterator} is created, not when {@code skip()} is called.
     *
     * <p>The returned iterable's iterator supports {@code remove()} if the
     * iterator of the underlying iterable supports it. Note that it is
     * <i>not</i> possible to delete the last skipped element by immediately
     * calling {@code remove()} on that iterator, as the {@code Iterator}
     * contract states that a call to {@code remove()} before a call to
     * {@code next()} will throw an {@link IllegalStateException}.
     *
     * @since 3.0
     */
    public static <T> Iterable<T> skip(final Iterable<T> iterable, final int numberToSkip) {
        checkNotNull(iterable);
        checkArgument(numberToSkip >= 0, "number to skip cannot be negative");

        if (iterable instanceof List) {
            final List<T> list = (List<T>) iterable;
            return new FluentIterable<T>() {
                @Override
                public Iterator<T> iterator() {
                    // TODO(kevinb): Support a concurrently modified collection?
                    int toSkip = Math.min(list.size(), numberToSkip);
                    return list.subList(toSkip, list.size()).iterator();
                }
            };
        }

        return new FluentIterable<T>() {
            @Override
            public Iterator<T> iterator() {
                final Iterator<T> iterator = iterable.iterator();

                Iterators.advance(iterator, numberToSkip);

                /*
                 * We can't just return the iterator because an immediate call to its
                 * remove() method would remove one of the skipped elements instead of
                 * throwing an IllegalStateException.
                 */
                return new Iterator<T>() {
                    boolean atStart = true;

                    @Override
                    public boolean hasNext() {
                        return iterator.hasNext();
                    }

                    @Override
                    public T next() {
                        T result = iterator.next();
                        atStart = false; // not called if next() fails
                        return result;
                    }

                    @Override
                    public void remove() {
                        checkRemove(!atStart);
                        iterator.remove();
                    }
                };
            }
        };
    }

    /**
     * Creates an iterable with the first {@code limitSize} elements of the given
     * iterable. If the original iterable does not contain that many elements, the
     * returned iterable will have the same behavior as the original iterable. The
     * returned iterable's iterator supports {@code remove()} if the original
     * iterator does.
     *
     * @param iterable the iterable to limit
     * @param limitSize the maximum number of elements in the returned iterable
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code limitSize} is negative
     * @since 3.0
     */
    public static <T> Iterable<T> limit(final Iterable<T> iterable, final int limitSize) {
        checkNotNull(iterable);
        checkArgument(limitSize >= 0, "limit is negative");
        return new FluentIterable<T>() {
            @Override
            public Iterator<T> iterator() {
                return Iterators.limit(iterable.iterator(), limitSize);
            }
        };
    }

    /**
     * Returns a view of the supplied iterable that wraps each generated
     * {@link Iterator} through {@link Iterators#consumingIterator(Iterator)}.
     *
     * <p>Note: If {@code iterable} is a {@link Queue}, the returned iterable will
     * get entries from {@link Queue#remove()} since {@link Queue}'s iteration
     * order is undefined.  Calling {@link Iterator#hasNext()} on a generated
     * iterator from the returned iterable may cause an item to be immediately
     * dequeued for return on a subsequent call to {@link Iterator#next()}.
     *
     * @param iterable the iterable to wrap
     * @return a view of the supplied iterable that wraps each generated iterator
     *     through {@link Iterators#consumingIterator(Iterator)}; for queues,
     *     an iterable that generates iterators that return and consume the
     *     queue's elements in queue order
     *
     * @see Iterators#consumingIterator(Iterator)
     * @since 2.0
     */
    public static <T> Iterable<T> consumingIterable(final Iterable<T> iterable) {
        if (iterable instanceof Queue) {
            return new FluentIterable<T>() {
                @Override
                public Iterator<T> iterator() {
                    return new ConsumingQueueIterator<T>((Queue<T>) iterable);
                }

                @Override
                public String toString() {
                    return "Iterables.consumingIterable(...)";
                }
            };
        }

        checkNotNull(iterable);

        return new FluentIterable<T>() {
            @Override
            public Iterator<T> iterator() {
                return Iterators.consumingIterator(iterable.iterator());
            }

            @Override
            public String toString() {
                return "Iterables.consumingIterable(...)";
            }
        };
    }

    // Methods only in Iterables, not in Iterators

    /**
     * Determines if the given iterable contains no elements.
     *
     * <p>There is no precise {@link Iterator} equivalent to this method, since
     * one can only ask an iterator whether it has any elements <i>remaining</i>
     * (which one does using {@link Iterator#hasNext}).
     *
     * @return {@code true} if the iterable contains no elements
     */
    public static boolean isEmpty(Iterable<?> iterable) {
        if (iterable instanceof Collection) {
            return ((Collection<?>) iterable).isEmpty();
        }
        return !iterable.iterator().hasNext();
    }

    /**
     * Returns an iterable over the merged contents of all given
     * {@code iterables}. Equivalent entries will not be de-duplicated.
     *
     * <p>Callers must ensure that the source {@code iterables} are in
     * non-descending order as this method does not sort its input.
     *
     * <p>For any equivalent elements across all {@code iterables}, it is
     * undefined which element is returned first.
     *
     * @since 11.0
     */
    @Beta
    public static <T> Iterable<T> mergeSorted(final Iterable<? extends Iterable<? extends T>> iterables,
            final Comparator<? super T> comparator) {
        checkNotNull(iterables, "iterables");
        checkNotNull(comparator, "comparator");
        Iterable<T> iterable = new FluentIterable<T>() {
            @Override
            public Iterator<T> iterator() {
                return Iterators.mergeSorted(Iterables.transform(iterables, Iterables.<T>toIterator()), comparator);
            }
        };
        return new UnmodifiableIterable<T>(iterable);
    }

    // TODO(user): Is this the best place for this? Move to fluent functions?
    // Useful as a public method?
    private static <T> Function<Iterable<? extends T>, Iterator<? extends T>> toIterator() {
        return new Function<Iterable<? extends T>, Iterator<? extends T>>() {
            @Override
            public Iterator<? extends T> apply(Iterable<? extends T> iterable) {
                return iterable.iterator();
            }
        };
    }
}