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The <code>Iterable<\/code> is defined as a generic type; <code>Iterable&lt;T&gt;<\/code>, where T type parameter represents the type of elements returned by the iterator.<\/p>\n<p>An object that implements this interface allows it to be the target of the &#8220;foreach&#8221; statement. The for-each loop is used for iterating over arrays, collections etc. Collection classes and classes where iterations are useful implement this interface.<\/p>\n<p>Before the iterable&#8217;s for-each loop was introduced, a way to iterate is to use the for(;;) loop or to use an <code><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.oracle.com\/javase\/7\/docs\/api\/java\/util\/Iterator.html\">Iterator<\/a><\/code>; typically the <code>Iterator<\/code> could be acquired by invoking a collection object&#8217;s <code>iterator()<\/code> method. The iterator has been in Java since Java 1.2.<\/p>\n<p>The <code>Iterable<\/code> interface provides a clean approach to coding the iteration functionality. An example shows iterating over a <code><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.oracle.com\/javase\/7\/docs\/api\/java\/util\/List.html\">List<\/a><\/code> collection with <code><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.oracle.com\/javase\/7\/docs\/api\/java\/lang\/String.html\">String<\/a><\/code> object elements:<\/p>\n<div>\n<div id=\"highlighter_177514\" class=\"syntaxhighlighter  java\">\n<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"gutter\">\n<div class=\"line number1 index0 alt2\">1<\/div>\n<div class=\"line number2 index1 alt1\">2<\/div>\n<div class=\"line number3 index2 alt2\">3<\/div>\n<div class=\"line number4 index3 alt1\">4<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"code\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"line number1 index0 alt2\"><code class=\"java plain\">List&lt;String&gt; stringList = <\/code><code class=\"java keyword\">new<\/code> <code class=\"java plain\">ArrayList&lt;&gt;();<\/code><\/div>\n<div class=\"line number2 index1 alt1\"><code class=\"java plain\">stringList.add(<\/code><code class=\"java string\">\"a\"<\/code><code class=\"java plain\">);<\/code><\/div>\n<div class=\"line number3 index2 alt2\"><code class=\"java plain\">stringList.add(<\/code><code class=\"java string\">\"b\"<\/code><code class=\"java plain\">);<\/code><\/div>\n<div class=\"line number4 index3 alt1\"><code class=\"java plain\">stringList.add(<\/code><code class=\"java string\">\"c\"<\/code><code class=\"java plain\">);<\/code><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div id=\"highlighter_198821\" class=\"syntaxhighlighter  java\">\n<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"gutter\">\n<div class=\"line number1 index0 alt2\">1<\/div>\n<div class=\"line number2 index1 alt1\">2<\/div>\n<div class=\"line number3 index2 alt2\">3<\/div>\n<div class=\"line number4 index3 alt1\">4<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"code\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"line number1 index0 alt2\"><code class=\"java keyword\">for<\/code> <code class=\"java plain\">(String s : stringList) {<\/code><\/div>\n<div class=\"line number2 index1 alt1\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"line number3 index2 alt2\"><code class=\"java spaces\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/code><code class=\"java plain\">System.out.println(s);<\/code><\/div>\n<div class=\"line number4 index3 alt1\"><code class=\"java plain\">}<\/code><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The above for-each code is much cleaner and elegant than the following two code snippets which have the same functionality. The following code use the for(;;) loop and the <code>Iterator<\/code> respectively.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div id=\"highlighter_32705\" class=\"syntaxhighlighter  java\">\n<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"gutter\">\n<div class=\"line number1 index0 alt2\">1<\/div>\n<div class=\"line number2 index1 alt1\">2<\/div>\n<div class=\"line number3 index2 alt2\">3<\/div>\n<div class=\"line number4 index3 alt1\">4<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"code\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"line number1 index0 alt2\"><code class=\"java keyword\">for<\/code> <code class=\"java plain\">(<\/code><code class=\"java keyword\">int<\/code> <code class=\"java plain\">i = <\/code><code class=\"java value\">0<\/code><code class=\"java plain\">; i &lt; stringList.size(); i++) {<\/code><\/div>\n<div class=\"line number2 index1 alt1\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"line number3 index2 alt2\"><code class=\"java spaces\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/code><code class=\"java plain\">System.out.println(stringList [i]);<\/code><\/div>\n<div class=\"line number4 index3 alt1\"><code class=\"java plain\">}<\/code><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div id=\"highlighter_252468\" class=\"syntaxhighlighter  java\">\n<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"gutter\">\n<div class=\"line number1 index0 alt2\">1<\/div>\n<div class=\"line number2 index1 alt1\">2<\/div>\n<div class=\"line number3 index2 alt2\">3<\/div>\n<div class=\"line number4 index3 alt1\">4<\/div>\n<div class=\"line number5 index4 alt2\">5<\/div>\n<div class=\"line number6 index5 alt1\">6<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"code\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"line number1 index0 alt2\"><code class=\"java plain\">Iterator&lt;String&gt; iter = stringList.iterator();<\/code><\/div>\n<div class=\"line number2 index1 alt1\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"line number3 index2 alt2\"><code class=\"java keyword\">while<\/code> <code class=\"java plain\">(iter.hasNext()) {<\/code><\/div>\n<div class=\"line number4 index3 alt1\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"line number5 index4 alt2\"><code class=\"java spaces\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/code><code class=\"java plain\">System.out.println(iter.next());<\/code><\/div>\n<div class=\"line number6 index5 alt1\"><code class=\"java plain\">}<\/code><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Note that there is also a possibility of introducing a bug in the above two code snippets, because of the details.<div style=\"display:inline-block; margin: 15px 0;\"> <div id=\"adngin-JavaCodeGeeks_incontent_video-0\" style=\"display:inline-block;\"><\/div> <\/div><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1. Iterable Java Example<\/h2>\n<p>The following example class implements the <code>Iterable<\/code> interface. The class takes an input array of any type and iterates it in a for-each loop and in reverse order.<\/p>\n<p>The <code>Iterable<\/code> interface has one method to override: <code>Iterator&lt;T&gt; iterator()<\/code>.<\/p>\n<p>The example has the iterable implementation <code>MyIterable.java<\/code> and a tester class <code>MyIterableTester.java<\/code>. The example code requires Java SE 5 or greater.<\/p>\n<p><code>MyIterable<\/code> Class example is shown in the code below:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><em>MyIterable <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<pre class=\"brush:java\">import java.util.List;\nimport java.util.Arrays;\nimport java.util.Iterator;\nimport java.util.Collections;\n \npublic class MyIterable implements Iterable {\n \n    private List list;\n \n    public MyIterable(T [] t) {\n \n        list = Arrays.asList(t);\n        Collections.reverse(list);\n    }\n \n    @Override\n    public Iterator iterator() {\n \n        return list.iterator();\n    }\n}\n<\/pre>\n<p><code>MyIterableTester<\/code> Class example is shown in the code below:<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-codemirror-blocks-code-block code-block\">\n<pre class=\"CodeMirror\" data-setting=\"{&quot;showPanel&quot;:true,&quot;languageLabel&quot;:&quot;file&quot;,&quot;fullScreenButton&quot;:false,&quot;copyButton&quot;:true,&quot;mode&quot;:&quot;clike&quot;,&quot;mime&quot;:&quot;text\/x-java&quot;,&quot;theme&quot;:&quot;default&quot;,&quot;lineNumbers&quot;:true,&quot;styleActiveLine&quot;:true,&quot;lineWrapping&quot;:false,&quot;readOnly&quot;:false,&quot;fileName&quot;:&quot;MyIterableTester.java&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;Java&quot;,&quot;maxHeight&quot;:&quot;400px&quot;,&quot;modeName&quot;:&quot;java&quot;}\">import java.util.List;\nimport java.util.Arrays;\nimport java.util.Iterator;\nimport java.util.Collections;\n \nclass MyIterable&lt;T&gt; implements Iterable&lt;T&gt; {\n \n    private List&lt;T&gt; list;\n \n    public MyIterable(T [] t) {\n \n        list = Arrays.asList(t);\n        Collections.reverse(list);\n    }\n \n    @Override\n    public Iterator&lt;T&gt; iterator() {\n \n        return list.iterator();\n    }\n}\npublic class MyIterableTester {\n \n    public static void main(String [] args) {\n \n        Integer [] ints = {1, 2, 3};\n \n        MyIterable&lt;Integer&gt; myList = new MyIterable&lt;&gt;(ints);\n \n        for (Integer i : myList) {\n \n            System.out.println(i);\n        }\n    }\n}\n<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<p>The code above when executed will output as:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">MyIterableTester<em><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<pre class=\"brush:plain\">3\n2\n1\n<\/pre>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2. Custom Iterable Data Structure<\/h2>\n<p>Let us look at building a custom iterable data structure.  First, we will look at <code>Employee<\/code> Class. The <code>Employee<\/code> class has attributes <code>firstName<\/code>,<code>lastName<\/code>, and <code>employeeId<\/code>. The <code>Employee<\/code> class code is implemented as below:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><em>Employee Class<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<pre class=\"brush:java\">import static java.lang.String.format;\nimport java.util.*;\n\npublic class Employee {\n   private String firstName, lastName;\n   private int employeeId;\n   public Employee(){ }\n   public Employee(String firstName, String lastName, int employeeId) {\n      this.firstName = firstName;\n      this.lastName = lastName;\n      this.employeeId = employeeId;\n   }\n   public String getFirstName() {\n      return firstName;\n   }\n   public String getLastName() {\n      return lastName;\n   }\n   public int getEmployeeId() {\n      return employeeId;\n   }\n   public void setFirstName(String firstName) {\n      this.firstName = firstName;\n   }\n   public void setLastName(String lastName) {\n      this.lastName = lastName;\n   }\n   public void setEmployeeId(int employeeId) {\n      this.employeeId = employeeId;\n   }\n   @Override\n   public String toString() {\n      return format(\"First Name: %s Last Name: %s EmployeeId: %d\", firstName, lastName, employeeId);\n   }\n}\n<\/pre>\n<p>Now let us look at <code>EmployeeArrayList<\/code>  implementation which implements the <code>Iterator<\/code> interface. The iterator method is overridden to return the <code>employees<\/code> arrayList iterator.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-codemirror-blocks-code-block code-block\">\n<pre class=\"CodeMirror\" data-setting=\"{&quot;showPanel&quot;:true,&quot;languageLabel&quot;:&quot;file&quot;,&quot;fullScreenButton&quot;:false,&quot;copyButton&quot;:true,&quot;mode&quot;:&quot;clike&quot;,&quot;mime&quot;:&quot;text\/x-java&quot;,&quot;theme&quot;:&quot;default&quot;,&quot;lineNumbers&quot;:true,&quot;styleActiveLine&quot;:true,&quot;lineWrapping&quot;:false,&quot;readOnly&quot;:false,&quot;fileName&quot;:&quot;EmployeeArrayList.java&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;Java&quot;,&quot;maxHeight&quot;:&quot;400px&quot;,&quot;modeName&quot;:&quot;java&quot;}\">import static java.lang.String.format;\nimport java.util.*;\n\nclass Employee {\n   private String firstName, lastName;\n   private int employeeId;\n   public Employee(){ }\n   public Employee(String firstName, String lastName, int employeeId) {\n      this.firstName = firstName;\n      this.lastName = lastName;\n      this.employeeId = employeeId;\n   }\n   public String getFirstName() {\n      return firstName;\n   }\n   public String getLastName() {\n      return lastName;\n   }\n   public int getEmployeeId() {\n      return employeeId;\n   }\n   public void setFirstName(String firstName) {\n      this.firstName = firstName;\n   }\n   public void setLastName(String lastName) {\n      this.lastName = lastName;\n   }\n   public void setEmployeeId(int employeeId) {\n      this.employeeId = employeeId;\n   }\n   @Override\n   public String toString() {\n      return format(&quot;First Name: %s Last Name: %s EmployeeId: %d&quot;, firstName, lastName, employeeId);\n   }\n}\n\nclass EmployeeArrayList implements Iterable&lt;Employee&gt; {\n   private List&lt;Employee&gt; employees;\n  \n   public EmployeeArrayList() {\n      employees = new ArrayList&lt;Employee&gt;();\n   }\n   public EmployeeArrayList(int employeeId) {\n      employees = new ArrayList&lt;Employee&gt;(employeeId);\n   }\n   public void addEmployee(Employee employee) {\n      employees.add(employee);\n   }\n   public void removeEmployee(Employee employee) {\n      employees.remove(employee);\n   }\n   public int employeesListSize() {\n      return employees.size();\n   }\n   @Override\n   public Iterator&lt;Employee&gt; iterator() {\n      return employees.iterator();\n   }\n\n}\n \npublic class EmployeeArrayListTester {\n   public static void main(String[] args) {\n      Employee emp1 = new Employee(&quot;John&quot;, &quot;Smith&quot;, 21);\n      Employee emp2 = new Employee(&quot;George&quot;,&quot;Smith&quot;, 41);\n      EmployeeArrayList empList = new EmployeeArrayList();\n      empList.addEmployee(emp1);\n      empList.addEmployee(emp2);\n      for (Employee emp : empList) {\n         System.out.println(emp);\n      }\n   }\n}<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<p>The code above when executed will output as:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><em>EmployeeArrayList Test Output<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<pre class=\"brush:plain\">First Name: John Last Name: Smith EmployeeId: 21\nFirst Name: George Last Name: Smith EmployeeId: 41\n<\/pre>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">3. 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