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* For example, to print all elements of a {@code Vector
* Methods are provided to enumerate through the elements of a
* vector, the keys of a hashtable, and the values in a hashtable.
* Enumerations are also used to specify the input streams to a
* {@code SequenceInputStream}.
*
* @apiNote
* The functionality of this interface is duplicated by the {@link Iterator}
* interface. In addition, {@code Iterator} adds an optional remove operation,
* and has shorter method names. New implementations should consider using
* {@code Iterator} in preference to {@code Enumeration}. It is possible to
* adapt an {@code Enumeration} to an {@code Iterator} by using the
* {@link #asIterator} method.
*
* @see java.util.Iterator
* @see java.io.SequenceInputStream
* @see java.util.Enumeration#nextElement()
* @see java.util.Hashtable
* @see java.util.Hashtable#elements()
* @see java.util.Hashtable#keys()
* @see java.util.Vector
* @see java.util.Vector#elements()
*
* @author Lee Boynton
* @since 1.0
*/
public interface Enumeration
* for (Enumeration<E> e = v.elements(); e.hasMoreElements();)
* System.out.println(e.nextElement());
* {@code
* JarFile jarFile = ... ;
* jarFile.entries().asIterator().forEachRemaining(entry -> { ... });
* }
*
* (Note that there is also a {@link java.util.jar.JarFile#stream()
* JarFile.stream()} method that returns a {@code Stream} of entries,
* which may be more convenient in some cases.)
*
* @implSpec
* The default implementation returns an {@code Iterator} whose
* {@link Iterator#hasNext hasNext} method calls this Enumeration's
* {@code hasMoreElements} method, whose {@link Iterator#next next}
* method calls this Enumeration's {@code nextElement} method, and
* whose {@link Iterator#remove remove} method throws
* {@code UnsupportedOperationException}.
*
* @return an Iterator representing the remaining elements of this Enumeration
*
* @since 9
*/
default Iterator