Java: how to get Iterator from String [duplicate]

Answer 1

Stealing from somebody else in another answer, this is probably the best direct implementation (if you're not going to use guava).

/**
 * @param string
 * @return list of characters in the string
 */
public static List characters(final String string) {
return new AbstractList() {
        @Override
    public Character get(int index) {
            return string.charAt(index);
        }

        @Override
    public int size() {
            return string.length();
        }
    };
}