Difference between moving an Iterator forward with a for statement and a while statement

Question

When I use an Iterator of Object I use a while loop (as written in every book learning Java, as Thinking in Java of Bruce Eckel):

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Answer 1

It's just a style thing and like you I prefer the for loop when using something with an index. If you're using Java 5 you should of course use a foreach loop over the collection anyway:

Collection someCollection = someCollectionOfString();
for (String element : someCollection) {
....
}