Removing items from a collection in java while iterating over it

Question

I want to be able to remove multiple elements from a set while I am iterating over it. Initially I hoped that iterators were smart enough for the naive solution below to wor

Answer 1

Copied from the Java API:

The List interface provides a special iterator, called a ListIterator, that allows element insertion and replacement, and bidirectional access in addition to the normal operations that the Iterator interface provides. A method is provided to obtain a list iterator that starts at a specified position in the list.

I thought I would point out that the ListIterator which is a special kind of Iterator is built for replacement.