Get size of an Iterable in Java

Question

I need to figure out the number of elements in an Iterable in Java. I know I can do this:

Iterable values = ...
it = values.iterator();
while (i         


        

Answer 1

I would go for it.next() for the simple reason that next() is guaranteed to be implemented, while remove() is an optional operation.

E next()

Returns the next element in the iteration.

void remove()

Removes from the underlying collection the last element returned by the iterator (optional operation).