Iterate with for loop or while loop?

Question

I often see code like:

Iterator i = list.iterator();
while(i.hasNext()) {
    ...
}

but I write that (when Java 1.5 isn\'t available or for

Answer 1

IMHO, the for loop is less readable in this scenario, if you look at this code from the perspective of English language. I am working on a code where author does abuse for loop, and it ain't pretty. Compare following:

for (; (currUserObjectIndex < _domainObjectReferences.Length) && (_domainObjectReferences[currUserObjectIndex].VisualIndex == index); ++currUserObjectIndex)
    ++currNumUserObjects;

vs

while (currUserObjectIndex < _domainObjectReferences.Length && _domainObjectReferences[currUserObjectIndex].VisualIndex == index)
{
    ++currNumUserObjects;
    ++currUserObjectIndex;
}