gee/iterable.vala

   1 /* iterable.vala
   2  *
   3  * Copyright (C) 2007-2008  Jürg Billeter
   4  *
   5  * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
   6  * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
   7  * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
   8  * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
   9
  10  * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
  11  * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
  12  * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
  13  * Lesser General Public License for more details.
  14
  15  * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
  16  * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
  17  * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301  USA
  18  *
  19  * Author:
  20  *      Jürg Billeter <j@bitron.ch>
  21  */
  22
  23 using GLib;
  24
  25 /**
  26  * Implemented by classes that support a simple iteration over instances of the
  27  * collection.
  28  */
  29 public abstract class Vala.Iterable<G> {
  30         public abstract Type get_element_type ();
  31
  32         /**
  33          * Returns a Iterator that can be used for simple iteration over a
  34          * collection.
  35          *
  36          * @return a Iterator that can be used for simple iteration over a
  37          *         collection
  38          */
  39         public abstract Iterator<G> iterator ();
  40 }
  41