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// $Id$


package scala.collection

import generic._
import mutable.Builder
import TraversableView.NoBuilder

/** <p>
 *    A base class for views of <a href="../Traversable.html"
 *    target="ContentFrame"><code>Traversable<code></a>.<br/>
 *    Every subclass has to implenment the <code>foreach</code> method.
 *  </p>
 *
 *  @author Martin Odersky
 *  @version 2.8
 *  @since   2.8
 */
trait TraversableView[+A, +Coll] extends TraversableViewLike[A, Coll, TraversableView[A, Coll]]

object TraversableView {
  class NoBuilder[A] extends Builder[A, Nothing] {
    def +=(elem: A): this.type = this
    def iterator: Iterator[A] = Iterator.empty
    @deprecated("use `iterator' instead") def elements = iterator
    def result() = throw new UnsupportedOperationException("TraversableView.Builder.result")
    def clear() {}
  }
  type Coll = TraversableView[_, C] forSome {type C <: Traversable[_]}
  implicit def builderFactory[A]: BuilderFactory[A, TraversableView[A, Traversable[_]], Coll] = new BuilderFactory[A, TraversableView[A, Traversable[_]], Coll] { def apply(from: Coll) = new NoBuilder }
}